Sleeping Beauty

noun

1. a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.

2. (italics),  the fairy tale itself.

3. (italics),  a ballet (1889) by Tchaikovsky.

“Sleeping Beauty”

1. A fairy tale from the collection of Charles Perrault, about a beautiful princess cast into a deep sleep through a jealous fairy's curse. Sleeping Beauty is awakened at last by the kiss of a prince.