Lilith
[lil-ith]
- Semitic Mythology. a female demon dwelling in deserted places and attacking children.
- Jewish Folklore. Adam's first wife, before Eve was created.
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Contemporary Examples
Although sprightly, Lilith is unusually small for her age, and thereby the butt of ridicule from her classmates.
“The service had the air of a protest,” Miriam Cantor-Stone, an intern at Lilith Magazine, told me after the gathering wrapped up.
Should you shell out for Lilith Fair, or travel to Bonnaroo?
Historical Examples
By this time her saddle was firm on Lilith, and in an instant she was mounted.
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
I had no weapon—not even a whip, for Lilith never needed one.
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
I know not why Lilith should have such a grudge against my progeny.
Dreamers of the GhettoI. Zangwill
The Lilith of the poem is transferred to the more beautiful shadow-world.
LilithAda Langworthy Collier
And Lilith was rich; he had never known that—never suspected it.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lilith
- (in the Old Testament and in Jewish folklore) a female demon, who attacks children
- (in Talmudic literature) Adam's first wife
- a witch notorious in medieval demonology
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Word Origin and History for lilith
Lilith
female evil spirit, in medieval Hebrew folklore the first wife of Adam, from Hebrew Lilith, from Akkad. Lilitu, which is connected by folk etymology with Hebrew laylah "night."
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