gorgonlike

adj

Etymology

From gorgon + -like.

  1. derived from Γοργώ
  2. derived from Gorgō
  3. inherited from gorgon
  4. suffixed as gorgonlike — “gorgon + like

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a gorgon.

    • When Wilde originally wrote Earnest he never intended Lady Bracknell to be quite so gorgonlike. She became the stereotyped domineering and antagonistic mother-in-law in George Alexander's "reworked" version.

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