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morpheus

/ˈmɔɹ.fɪ.əs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
Mor-phe-us
IPA
/ˈmɔɹ.fɪ.əs/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The god and personification of dreams; according to the Roman poet Ovid, one of the sons of Somnus, the god of sleep.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Morpheus (possibly coined by Ovid in his Metamorphoses as the god is not mentioned in earlier works), from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús), from μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”) (alluding to the fact that Morpheus appeared in dreams in the forms of different people) + -εύς (-eús, suffix forming masculine nouns indicating persons concerned with particular things).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Morpheus, Μορφεύς

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmɔɹ.fɪ.əs/
  • British English: /ˈmɔː.fɪ.əs/

Derived Forms

Morphean

Phrases

in the arms of Morpheus

Frequently Paired Words

Phobetor Phantasos Ikelos

Questions

How do you pronounce morpheus?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɔɹ.fɪ.əs/.
What does morpheus mean?
The god and personification of dreams; according to the Roman poet Ovid, one of the sons of Somnus, the god of sleep.
Where does morpheus come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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