Gorgon

  • 51Gorgon — Gor|gon [ gɔrgən ] noun count in ancient Greek stories, a MONSTER in the form of a woman with snakes for hair who changed anyone who looked at her into stone …

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  • 52Gorgon — Gor·gon || gɔːgÉ™n n. any of three monster sisters who have snakes for hair and can transform beholders to stone (Greek Mythology); woman considered to be ugly or frightening …

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  • 53gorgon — [ gɔ:g(ə)n] noun 1》 Greek Mythology each of three sisters with snakes for hair, who had the power to turn anyone who looked at them to stone. 2》 a fierce, frightening, or repulsive woman. Origin via L. from Gk Gorgō, from gorgos terrible …

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  • 54gorgon — gor·gon …

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  • 55Gorgon — /ˈgɔgən/ (say gawguhn) noun Greek Legend any of three sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, whose heads were covered with snakes instead of hair, and whose glance turned the beholder to stone …

  • 56gorgon —   n. extremely ugly or terrifying woman.    ♦ gorgonian, a.; n. form of horny coral.    ♦ gorgonize, v.t. transfix with stare; petrify …

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  • 57gorgon — s ( en, er) MYT i forngrekisk mytologi: kvinnligt vidunder med förstenande blick …

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  • 58Gorgon — n. 1 (in Greek mythology) each of three snake haired sisters (esp. Medusa) with the power to turn anyone who looked at them to stone. 2 a frightening or repulsive person, esp. a woman. Derivatives: gorgonian adj. Etymology: L Gorgo onis f. Gk… …

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  • 59Jerzy Gorgoń — Gorgoń Nombre Jerzy Paweł Gorgoń Nacimiento 18 de julio de 1949 Zabrze, Polonia Nacionalidad …

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  • 60Prieuré de Saint-Gorgon — Le prieuré de Saint Gorgon à Saint Nabor sur un champ appelé le Korisacker, est un ancien prieuré qui se trouvait sur le sentier des pèlerins menant d Ottrott à l abbaye de Hohenbourg. Selon la tradition, c est Herrade de Landsberg qui en 1178… …

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