Titania
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of titanium dioxide. uncountable
- 2 (Middle Ages) the queen of the fairies in medieval folklore wordnet
- 3 a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability wordnet
- 1 From Shakespeare's play A Midsummer-Night's Dream, the queen of the fairies.
"As it is impossible to believe that this huge mountain can produce such an effect, at the expiration of a few minutes we become dupes of illusion, and the most grave thinker is ready to swear that there is in those shades, under some fantastic thicket, a solitary— a supernatural being—a sort of fairy—a Titania, who amuses herself by delicately parodying the music of mortals, and throwing down the half of a mountain every time she hears the report of a gun."
- 2 The largest satellite of the planet Uranus.
Example
More examples"As it is impossible to believe that this huge mountain can produce such an effect, at the expiration of a few minutes we become dupes of illusion, and the most grave thinker is ready to swear that there is in those shades, under some fantastic thicket, a solitary— a supernatural being—a sort of fairy—a Titania, who amuses herself by delicately parodying the music of mortals, and throwing down the half of a mountain every time she hears the report of a gun."
Etymology
A style of Diana in Ovid, fem. of titanius, from Titan. As faeries were identified with Classical nymphs, the queen of the faeries was equated with Diana.