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/ˈklɛpsɪdɹə/ · noun
Synonym of water clock, especially (historical) ancient Greek and Roman forms..
"The dull, unflavoured drops from life's clepsydra".
They sat among the choiring clepsydras of the evening garden, time elapsing in a dozen ways, allowing their cigars to go out, keeping a companionable silence.
Use clepsydra when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Clepsydra means Synonym of water clock, especially (historical) ancient Greek and Roman forms..
Common synonyms include water clock, water glass.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"The dull, unflavoured drops from life's clepsydra".
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