egeria
/ɪˈdʒɪəɹɪə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A nymph or minor goddess from Roman mythology.
noun
A patroness.
Example Sentences
- "On the heroine of his play he dwelt with the passionate fondness of a lover: there the real mingled with the ideal: could he write of love, and not think of Ethel Churchill? She was the Egeria of his heart, who taught him all the truth of tenderness."
- "And she was being disrespectful and patronising to Lady Macmaster, Egeria to innumerable Scottish Men of Letters!"
- "Talleyrand informed Madame de Staël of the expected visit, and she, who had already pictured herself as the Egeria of the young genius upon whom the eyes of France were fastened, was waiting in the anteroom on the following morning."
- "Ada, separated from her husband, was regarded as the Egeria of a mainly homosexual coterie that included Robbie Ross, Reggie Turner, Max Beerbohm and Lord Alfred Douglas."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Egeria.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ɪˈdʒɪəɹɪə/
Synonyms
13 Egeria