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Gordian

adj

Etymology

From Gordius + -an or Gordium + -an.

  1. derived from Γόρδιος
  2. derived from Gordius
  3. suffixed as gordian — “Gordius + an”

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to Gordium (now Yassihüyük in Turkey), capital of Phrygia.

  2. Of or pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia

  3. Of the Gordian knot.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Twisted

      Twisted; convoluted; tied as a knot.

      • […] cloſe the Serpent ſly, Inſinuating, wove with Gordian twine His braided train, […]
      • […] he found a palpitating snake, / Bright, and cirque-couchant in a dusky brake. / She was a gordian shape of dazzling hue, / Vermilion-spotted, golden, green, and blue; […]
      • When you put it that way it was so simple, so self-explanatory, so beautiful, so obvious that what had seemed the most Gordian problem was instantly almost mundane, and its elegance was its own proof.

    2. Gordianus, name of three Roman emperors.

    3. Alternative form of Gordian.

      • The final disentanglement of sister chromatids can only be achieved by cleavage of the "gordian knot" by separin.

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