Eumenides
[ yoo-men-i-deez ]
/ yuˈmɛn ɪˌdiz /
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noun
(used with a plural verb)Classical Mythology. a euphemistic name for the Furies, meaning “the Kindly Ones.”
(italics)(used with a singular verb) a tragedy (485 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
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Eumenides
/ (juːˈmɛnɪˌdiːz) /
pl n
another name for the Furies, used by the Greeks as a euphemism
Word Origin for Eumenides
from Greek, literally: the benevolent ones, from eumenēs benevolent, from eu- + menos spirit
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