Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

circean poison

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: circean poi-son
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A poison or potion that changes the body but not the mind.

Uncountable

noun

Anything magically (and fatally) captivating, such as a potion or applause.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And the riven Tree in the West withered; and the broken Car was changed by the Circean poison of the golden plumes into a two-natured monster, half-bird, half-beast — a mockery of the holy Griffin."
"O foulest Circean draught, thou poison of Popular Applause! madness is in thee, and death; thy end is Bedlam and the Grave."
""Is not this herd," he continues, "worse than Circean poison?""
"So soon the worm that dies not is also upon him—in its fang Circean poison to make the victim one with his plague..."

Etymology

After the Greek mythological figure of Circe, who (in the Odyssey) tempted men to excess before turning them into pigs.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does circean poison mean?: A poison or potion that changes the body but not the mind.
Where does circean poison come from?: After the Greek mythological figure of Circe, who (in the Odyssey) tempted men to excess before turning them into pigs.

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