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gorgonlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From gorgon + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a gorgon.
   • When Wilde originally wrote Earnest he never intended Lady Bracknell to be quite so gorgonlike. She became the stereotyped domineering and antagonistic mother-in-law in George Alexander's "reworked" version. 1997, Patrick M. Horan, The Importance of Being Paradoxical, page 109:

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