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Webster 1913 Edition
Gorgon
Gor′gon
(gôr′gŏn)
, Noun.
[L.
Gorgo
, -onis
, Gr. Γοργώ
, fr. γοργόσ
terrible.] 1.
(Gr. Myth.)
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.
Milton.
Gor′gon
,Adj.
Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific;
as, a
. Gorgon
faceDryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gorgon
GORG'ON
,Noun.
1.
Any thing very ugly or horrid.GORG'ON
,Adj.
Definition 2024
gorgon
gorgon
English
Adjective
gorgon (comparative more gorgon, superlative most gorgon)
- Like a gorgon; very ugly or terrifying.
Noun
gorgon (plural gorgons)
- (Greek mythology) A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes.
- An intimidating, ugly, or disgusting woman; anything hideous or horrid.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
- "Swilling martinis and spewing venom, Phyllis is a particularly unappetizing gorgon, telling us at one point that an acquaintance of hers is aroused by the Heimlich maneuver." — Washington Post, July 1, 2005
Translations
monster in Greek mythology
intimidating, ugly or disgusting woman
References
- Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 208