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Gor⋅gon

  [gawr-guhn]
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1. Classical Mythology. any of three sister monsters commonly represented as having snakes for hair, wings, brazen claws, and eyes that turned anyone looking into them to stone. Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon, was beheaded by Perseus.
2. (lowercase) a mean, ugly, or repulsive woman.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L Gorgōn < Gk Gorg, der. of gorgós dreadful

Related forms:
Gor⋅go⋅ni⋅an  [gawr-goh-nee-uhn] , adjective
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Gor·gon   (gôr'gən)   
n.  

  1. Greek Mythology Any of the three sisters Stheno, Euryale, and the mortal Medusa who had snakes for hair and eyes that if looked into turned the beholder into stone.

  2. gorgon A woman regarded as ugly or terrifying.


[Middle English, from Latin Gorgō, Gorgon-, from Greek, from gorgos, terrible.]
Gor·go'ni·an (-gō'nē-ən) adj.
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