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Gorgonian, a.2|gɔːˈgəʊnɪən|
[f. Gorgon + -ian; cf. L. gorgoneus.]
Of or pertaining to the Gorgon; resembling the Gorgon, or the effect of the Gorgon's look; Gorgon-like, terrible. Of a shield: Bearing the Gorgon's visage.
1616B. Jonson Epigr. i. cxxxiii. Famous Voy., On one side..Were seene your vgly Centaures..Gorgonian scolds, and Harpyes. 1667Milton P.L. x. 297 The rest his look Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move. 1697Dryden æn. vii. 476 Smear'd as she was with black Gorgonean Blood. a1785Glover Athenaid xi. 214 Still the sound Of her gorgonian shield my ears retain. 1869Ruskin Q. of Air §53 The Gorgonian cold, and venomous agony, that turns living men to stone. |