Nausicaä

British

/ nɔːˈsɪkɪə /

noun

Greek myth a daughter of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians, who assisted the shipwrecked Odysseus after discovering him on a beach

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The unwomanly lack of coyness which Medea displays when she practically proposes to Jason, expecting him to marry her out of gratitude, is copied after the Nausicäa of the Odyssey.

From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus

Nor does the human Nausicäa manifest the least coyness when she meets Odysseus at the river.

From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus

Nausicäa is, however, a prude compared with the enamoured woman as the Greek poets habitually paint her.

From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023