noun
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a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
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the fairy tale itself.
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(italics)
a ballet (1889) by Tchaikovsky.
“Sleeping Beauty”
Cultural
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A fairy tale from the collection of Charles Perrault, about a beautiful princess cast into a deep sleep through a jealous fairy's curse. Sleeping Beauty is awakened at last by the kiss of a prince.
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