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Definition of Titaness

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology.

Definition of Titaness

1. Proper noun. (Greek god) A female Titan, any of the daughters of Uranus and Gaia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Titaness

1. a female titan [n -ES] - See also: titan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Titaness

Literary usage of Titaness

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

1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1880)
"Cynthia withstands her, and the titaness raises her golden wand to strike her. An eclipse darkens the world, and the gods in terror fly to the palace of ..."

2. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1892)
"In the seventh canto, the titaness and the gods plead before veiled Nature upon ... The titaness described the changes of the Seasons over which she rules, ..."

3. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1892)
"In the seventh canto, the titaness and the gods plead before veiled Nature upon ... The titaness described the changes of the Seasons over which she rules, ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"Jove thereon despatches Mercury to the circle of the moon to summon the intruding titaness before his own tribunal. She replies defiantly that she cares ..."

5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"Of perfume on her lips, although they knew Her beauty baleful, and their fragrance death. Till her boast angered the stern titaness Where in the North her ..."

6. The English Illustrated Magazine (1901)
"There is something so gloriously free in this high-level common, " as flat," said John Halifax, " as if my titaness had found a little Mont Blanc, ..."

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