Gorgonlike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From gorgon + -like.

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