Eumenides

[yoo-men-i-deez]

noun

1. (used with a plural verb),  a euphemistic name for the Furies, meaning “the Kindly Ones.”

2. (italics),  a tragedy (485 b.c.) by Aeschylus.

Eumenides

/ juːˈmɛnɪˌdiːz /

plural noun

1. another name for the Furies, used by the Greeks as a euphemism

Word History and Origins

Origin of Eumenides¹

from Greek, literally: the benevolent ones, from eumenēs benevolent, from _eu- + menos spirit