Megaera

[ muh-jeer-uh ]

nounClassical Mythology.
  1. one of the Furies.

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How to use Megaera in a sentence

  • In future I shall call all she-asses that, but the old Megaera named this one Jason.

    Complete Short Works | Georg Ebers
  • What is nobler than a mother's love, but when she fights for her child she becomes a raving Megaera.

    Serapis, Complete | Georg Ebers
  • Their names (see l. 24) were Megaera, Alecto, and Tisiphone.

  • Let Alecto, Megaera and Tisiphone shriek and wail ever so loudly, they shall not break it.

    The Serf | Guy Thorne
  • Up till that time she passed simply as Megaera, as an “arch witch,” as Goethe calls her.

    Sleep Walking and Moon Walking | Isidor Isaak Sadger

British Dictionary definitions for Megaera

Megaera

/ (mɪˈdʒɪərə) /


noun
  1. Greek myth one of the three Furies; the others are Alecto and Tisiphone

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