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sirensong

noun

Etymology

From siren + song.

  1. derived from *sengʷʰ-✻ — “to sing”
  2. inherited from *sangwaz✻ — “singing, song”
  3. inherited from *sangu✻
  4. inherited from sang
  5. inherited from song
  6. compounded as sirensong — “siren + song”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of siren song.

    • As we have seen, Stephen identifies with the poet-hero, and Fergus's call becomes a sirensong for his mother.
    • and admitted ruefully that the same bewitching sirensong had also lured him in the past
    • the mast to which Odysseus is securely fastened in order to resist the seductions of sirensong

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA