moly
1[moh-lee]
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noun, plural mo·lies. Classical Mythology.
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
Origin of moly
1< Latin mōly < Greek môly
moly
2[mol-ee]
noun Informal.
Origin of moly
2by shortening
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Historical Examples of moly
A plant of moly is in his hand; and this will be the antidote to Circe's philter.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2)John Addington Symonds
“Moly,” the gods call it, and very hard it is for mortal man to find.
Stories of the Old worldAlfred John Church
Moly seems to have been Allium moly, one of the onion or garlic family.
The Romance of Plant LifeG. F. Scott Elliot
The Colonel did not mean hay; he meant asphodels and amaranth and moly.
Hildegarde's HarvestLaura E. Richards
Where, then, is a foreign word like moly, which might have reached Homer?
Custom and MythAndrew Lang
moly
noun plural -lies
Word Origin for moly
C16: from Latin mōly, from Greek mōlu
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