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Charybdis

//kəˈɹɪbdɪs// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast.

    "I have never yet been able to steer my lovers through the Scylla of presence, or the Charybdis of absence."

  2. 2
    A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster. Greek
  3. 3
    Any dangerous whirlpool.

    "…that night, wee ſailed merrily by the Maſcarenas, a Charybdis in 21 degrees, var.13 and 17 minutes…"

Noun
  1. 1
    (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χάρυβδις (Khárubdis).

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