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Circe [sur-see] EXAMPLES| noun Also Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink. a dangerously or irresistibly fascinating woman. Liberaldictionary.com
Related formsCir·ce·an, Cir·cae·an [ser-see-uh n] /sərˈsi ən/, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for circean Historical Examples of circean
But the deadly Sirens are in all things opposed to the Circean power.
John Ruskin
Shame to him when he dallies in the Circean Hall of the senses!
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863
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But the deadly Sirens are all things opposed to the Circean power.
Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy
John Ruskin
The sea brightened, and the Circean promontory soon glowed with purple.
Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal
William Beckford
She saves her companions from the Circean enchantments, and she withholds them from the embraces of the Sirens.
Henry James
British Dictionary definitions for circean Circe noun Greek myth an enchantress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine Derived FormsCircean (sɜːˈsɪən), adjective Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for circean Circe n.
enchantress of the isle of Aea who transformed into swine those who drank from her cup (“Odyssey”), late 14c., from Latin Circe, from Greek Kirke. Related: Circean.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper circean in Culture Circe [(sur-see)]
In classical mythology, a powerful sorceress who turned people into swine. On the way home from Troy, the crew of Odysseus fell prey to her spells.
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