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from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to Circe, in Greek mythology a beautiful sorceress, who is represented by Homer as having converted the companions of Ulysses into swine by means of an enchanted beverage; hence, fascinating but brutifying; infatuating and depraving: as, a Circean draught.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the characteristics of Circe, daughter of Sol and Perseis, a mythological enchantress, who first charmed her victims and then changed them to the forms of beasts; pleasing, but noxious.
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bilby commented on the word circean
Having the quality of being seductively attractive yet noxious. Wow.
April 6, 2008
seanahan commented on the word circean
After Circe from the Odyssey?
April 7, 2008