Euphrosyne
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Euphrosyne
< Greek, personification of euphrosýnē mirth, merriment
Example Sentences
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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 "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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 The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman
And I know who will be glad too, if I have prevented his having a Niobe for his Tiny, instead of the Euphrosyne, which I believe he sometimes calls you.
From Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters by Grace Aguilar
No issue was born of this union, and after the death of her husband and accession of her stepson Theophilus Euphrosyne again retired into a convent.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
Euphrosyne has a border of seven triangular silver spots on each hind wing, exactly corresponding with those of Selene.
From Butterflies and Moths (British) by William S. Furneaux
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