# Sirenaic

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A member of the celebrated Fraternity of Sireniacal Gentlemen, a club that met at the Mermaid Tavern in Elizabethan London.

## Etymology
From blending of siren + Cyrenaic (“inhabitant of the proverbially luxurious city of Cyrene or its territory Cyrenaica; adherent of the hedonistic philosophy of Aristippus of Cyrene”) and from conflation of the mythical siren with the legendary mermaid.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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