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 "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

As a blind monk Constantine survived five of his successors; but his memory was revived among men only by the marriage of his daughter Euphrosyne with the Emperor Michael the Second.

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred

He finally took counsel with the attractive empress-dowager Euphrosyne, and between them they devised a plan which would permit of a wide range of choice and yet possess all the romance of mythical times.

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred

Michael had married Euphrosyne, the daughter of Irene's son, Constantine VI., and the last scion of Leo the Isaurian.

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred

There had been many others, which he did not regard with any particular sentiment, and had sold or exchanged for feminine trinkets for his dear Euphrosyne.

From Captain Macedoine's Daughter by McFee, William