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Definition of Fomorian

1. Noun. One of a group of Celtic sea demons sometimes associated with the hostile power of nature.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fomorian

Literary usage of Fomorian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"... the Fomorian king, in the second battle of Magli Tuireadh. Champions sometimes wore a finger ring for each king killed. Allusion to bracelets in an ..."

2. The Plantation of Ireland: Or a Review of the Origin and History of Her by John Johnston Kelso (1865)
"... or Fomorian, counts as the first. The Fomorians, as traditionally viewed, were Africans—"African Sea Champions ..."

3. The History of the County of Mayo to the Close of the Sixteenth Century by Hubert Thomas Knox (1908)
"Eochy Mean, Fomorian, king of the northern half of Ireland, ... This Bres seems to be a Fomorian king who established a supremacy after the first battle, ..."

4. Caithreim Cellachain Caisil: The Victorious Career of Cellachan of Cashel by Alexander Bugge, Norske historiske kildeskriftfond (1905)
"... neglected to pay his part, his nose was cut off by the Fomorian tyrants: For the whole ... race stod in great dread of these Fomorian tax- collectors; ..."

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