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Proper Noun

1. 1
   A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. Greek

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king oedipus

Example

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"Oedipus thought for a long while."

Etymology

From the Latin Oedipus, from the Ancient Greek Οἰδίπους (Oidípous, “swollen foot”).

Related phrases

Oedipus complexelectra complex

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