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Sleeping Beauty en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
In the genetics sense, so called because the transposon was brought back to activity from a long evolutionary sleep.
Meanings
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(alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of sleeping beauty (Oxalis corniculata).
Sleeping Beauty en · PROPN
Pronunciation
Etymology
In the genetics sense, so called because the transposon was brought back to activity from a long evolutionary sleep.
Meanings
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A fairy tale originally titled La Belle au bois dormant by Charles Perrault.
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The main character in this story, who is in unbroken slumber under a magical spell, awaiting the kiss of a prince.
Womanly duties, as Joan thought of them, were fine for girls who imagined themselves as Cinderellas or Sleeping Beauties, good girls rewarded for menial housework and, in the case of Sleeping Beauty, a passivity so profound it was deaf, dumb, blind, and comatose.
2014, Kathryn Harrison, Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured, Doubleday, →ISBN:They emote and are long-winded about it; they express affection and passion and have sex and revel in it; they are cruel and vengeful; they whine and complain, gossip, browbeat, and nag—in short, everything that we have always suspected is behind the refractive exteriors of the more famous Cinderellas and Sleeping Beauties. […] It features a storyteller who, tired of telling the same old Cinderellas and Sleeping Beauties, meets up with some fairies in a wood as he is searching for new material.
2023, Nancy L. Canepa, transl., The Enchanted Boot: Italian Fairy Tales & Their Tellers, Wayne State University Press, →ISBN:How far have we come since the days of our favorite childhood fairy tales if women still need a rescuer like the Cinderellas, Sleeping Beauties, and other helpless maidens of the past?
2012, Vera Sonja Maass, Finding Love That Lasts: Breaking the Pattern of Dead End Relationships, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 81:
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A transposon used in genetic engineering.
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(humorous) One who is asleep at an inappropriate time.
Wake up Sleeping Beauty, school starts in 10 minutes.
Forms
Deriveds
Sleeping Beauty syndrome · Sleeping Beauty problem
Relateds
Prince Charming
Translations (91)
ms Puteri Beradu (fairy tale) · it La Bella addormentata (fairy tale) · ko 잠자는 숲속의 공주 (fairy tale) · ko 잠자는 숲속의 미녀 (fairy tale) · da Tornerose (fairy tale) · id Putri Tidur (fairy tale) · mn Нойрсож буй гүнж (fairy tale) · eo La Dormanta Belulino (fairy tale) · uz Uyqudagi malika (fairy tale) · ro Frumoasa din pădure adormită (fairy tale) · sq Bukuroshja e Fjetur (fairy tale) · cmn 睡美人 (main character in this story) · tr Uyuyan Güzel (fairy tale) · ro Frumoasa adormită (main character in this story) · mt Is-Sbejħa Rieqda (fairy tale) · et Okasroosike (fairy tale) · es La Bella Durmiente (fairy tale) · ms Puteri Beradu (main character in this story) · kk Ұйқыдағы ару (fairy tale) · bg Спя́щата краса́вица (fairy tale) · de Dornröschen (fairy tale) · sh Успавана лепотица (main character in this story) · da Tornerose (main character in this story) · sh Uspavana lepotica (fairy tale) · tr Uyuyan Güzel (main character in this story) · hu Csipkerózsika (fairy tale) · cmn 睡公主 (fairy tale) · hy Քնած գեղեցկուհին (fairy tale) · no Tornerose (fairy tale) · be Спя́чая Прыгажу́ня (fairy tale) · ka Მძინარე მზეთუნახავი (fairy tale) · pl Śpiąca Królewna (main character in this story) · eo Dornorozeto (main character in this story) · cmn 睡公主 (main character in this story) · is Þyrnirós (fairy tale) · eu Loti ederra (fairy tale) · sv Törnrosa (main character in this story) · eo Dormanta Belulino (main character in this story) · ug ئۇيقۇدىكى ساھىبجامال (fairy tale) · hu Csipkerózsika (main character in this story) · hy Քնած գեղեցկուհի (main character in this story) · fa زیبای خفته (fairy tale) · no Tornerose (main character in this story) · pt A Bela Adormecida (fairy tale) · ca La Bella Dorment (fairy tale) · th เจ้าหญิงนิทรา (main character in this story) · el Ωραία Κοιμωμένη (main character in this story) · sk Šípková Ruženka (main character in this story) · de Dornröschen (main character in this story) · af Doringrosie (main character in this story) · nl De Schone Slaapster (fairy tale) · mk Трнорушка (main character in this story) · ro Frumoasa adormită (fairy tale) · sv Törnrosa (fairy tale) · fi Prinsessa Ruusunen (fairy tale) · nl Doornroosje (fairy tale) · ar الْجَمِيلَة الْنَائِمَة (fairy tale) · ja 眠れる美女 (main character in this story) · sq E Përhitura (main character in this story) · sh Uspavana lepotica (main character in this story) · pl Śpiąca Królewna (fairy tale) · pt Bela Adormecida (main character in this story) · mk Трнорушка (fairy tale) · ca Bella Dorment (main character in this story) · th เจ้าหญิงนิทรา (fairy tale) · mk Заспаната убавица (fairy tale) · ru Спя́щая Краса́вица (fairy tale) · fr La Belle au bois dormant (fairy tale) · fi Prinsessa Ruusunen (main character in this story) · az Yatmış gözəl (fairy tale) · el Ωραία Κοιμωμένη (fairy tale) · sl Trnuljčica (fairy tale) · bg Спя́ща краса́вица (main character in this story) · gv Caillin y Saveen Liauyr (main character in this story) · vi Công chúa ngủ trong rừng (fairy tale) · ja 眠り姫 (main character in this story) · cmn 睡美人 (fairy tale) · sk Šípková Ruženka (fairy tale) · ru Спя́щая Краса́вица (main character in this story) · is Þyrnirós (main character in this story) · kk Ұйқыдағы сұлу (fairy tale) · sh Успавана лепотица (fairy tale) · uk Спля́ча Красу́ня (fairy tale) · eo La dormanta belulo (fairy tale) · nl Doornroosje (main character in this story) · vi Người đẹp ngủ trong rừng (fairy tale) · fr Belle au bois dormant (main character in this story) · mk Заспаната убавица (main character in this story) · ja 眠れる森の美女 (fairy tale) · hi स्लीपिंग ब्यूटी (fairy tale) · cs Šípková Růženka (fairy tale)