Euphrosyne

American  

[yoo-fros-uh-nee] / yuˈfrɒs əˌni /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. one of the Graces.

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Euphrosyne British  

/ juːˈfrɒzɪˌniː /

noun

1. Greek myth one of the three Graces

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Etymology

Origin of Euphrosyne

< Greek, personification of euphrosýnē mirth, merriment

Example Sentences

Instead she heard her mother, Euphrosyne Stephanides, speaking in this very cocoonery years ago, elucidating the mysteries of silkworms—“To have good silk, you have to be pure,” she used to tell her daughter.

From Literature

Daughters of Jupiter and Eurynome, these maidens, who bore the respective names of Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, longed to show their love for their new mistress.

From Project Gutenberg

No simile in oriental poetry could exaggerate the regularity and whiteness of her teeth; nor painter's dream of Euphrosyne exceed the arch vivacity of her smile.

From Project Gutenberg

He strengthened his title to the crown by a marriage with the last scion of the Isaurian house, the princess Euphrosyne, daughter of the blind Constantine VI.

From Project Gutenberg

But Euphrosyne was mounting guard over her young mistress as she always did, and Michael's anxious but cautious inquiries met with evasive answers, or passed unnoticed.

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