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Definition of Gorgon
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone.
Generic synonyms: Mythical Creature, Mythical Monster
Specialized synonyms: Medusa, Stheno, Euryale
Definition of Gorgon
1. n. One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa.
2. a. Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face.
Definition of Gorgon
1. Adjective. Like a '''gorgon'''; very ugly or terrifying. ¹
2. Noun. (Greek mythology) Vicious female monsters from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. ¹
3. Noun. An intimidating, ugly, or disgusting woman. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gorgon
1. an ugly woman [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gorgon
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1. One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa.
2. Anything very ugly or horrid.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gorgon
Literary usage of Gorgon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"Lady gorgon, The Misses gorgon, Master George Augustus Frederick Grimsby gorgon,
And a footman, ... uttered Lady, the Misses, and Master gorgon in a breath. ..."
2. The Monitor (1879)
"THE COMBAT OF PERSEUS WITH THE gorgon* BY TC IRWIN. The thunder of departing gods
still rolled through distant night, And in the palace Perseus stood alone. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... two are represented by heads of Athene obviously copied from an early coin of
Corinth, while the two heads of the gorgon in the list stand in the same ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Only Medusa was mortal, and she alone is meant when the gorgon is mentioned ...
What was that snaky-headed gorgon shield, That wise Minerva wore* Hilton, ..."
5. Travels & Discoveries in the Levant by Charles Thomas Newton, Dominic Ellis Colnaghi (1865)
"The gorgon arrived at ... AFTER spending a few days at Constantinople on my way
out, I joined the gorgon at Smyrna, where I found all the staff of the ..."
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