Gorgonn.adj.

/ˈɡɔːɡən/

Forms: Also Middle English–1600s gorgone.

Etymology: < Latin Gorgon-em, Gorgō, < Greek Γοργώ (plural Γοργόνες), < γοργός terrible.

a. Greek Mythology. One of three mythical female personages, with snakes for hair, whose look turned the beholder into stone. The one of most note, and the only one mortal, Medusa, was slain by Perseus, and her head fixed on Athene's shield.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > of classical mythology > Gorgon

Gorgonc1614

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. lxx. 765 Þerynne woneþ women þat were yclepede gorgones feminine.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 148 The Islands called Gorgates, where sometimes the Gorgones kept their habitation.]

c1614 W. Mure tr. Virgil Dido & Æneas ii. in Wks. (1898) I. 528 Whil gastly Gorgones threatne death.

a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover i. ii. 9 in 3 New Playes (1655) I have seen More then a wolf, a Gorgon!

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 628 Gorgons and Hydra's, and Chimera's dire.

1700 W. Congreve Way of World v. i. 80 He is as terrible to me as a Gorgon.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. iii. 37 Her dark elf-locks shot out like the snakes of the gorgon.

1884 J. Ruskin Pleasures Eng. (1885) 156 In Greek art, remember to keep yourselves clear about the difference between the Lion and the Gorgon.

†b. = Demogorgon n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Demogorgon

Demogorgon1554

Gorgon1590

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A8 Great Gorgon, prince of darknes and dead night.

c. Short for gorgon's head n.

ΚΠ

1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 90 As if the dire goddess..with..her gorgon at her breast, was a coquette to be flirted with.

†d. A petrifying influence. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [noun] > one who or that which petrifies

Gorgon1646

petrifier1794

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 54 Chrystall..its immediate determination and efficiency..are wrought by the hand of its concretive spirit, the seeds of petrification and Gorgon within it selfe.

†2. An African quadruped; ? the gnu. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Alcelaphinae > genus Connochaetes (wildebeest or gnu)

Gorgon1607

gnu1777

kokoon1806

wildebeest1824

white-tailed gnu1858

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 262 Among the manifold and diuers sorts of Beasts which are bred in Affricke, it is thought that the Gorgon is brought foorth in that countrey.

3. A very terrible or very ugly person; esp., a repulsive woman.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [noun] > person or thing which inspires horror > gorgon or Medusa

Medusaa1393

Gorgona1529

a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 24 Was nevyr suche a ffylty gorgon, nor suche an epycure, Syn[s] Dewcalyons flodde.

1632 S. Marmion Hollands Leaguer iv. iv No, my dear Gorgons, I will not have my fame wander without The precincts of your castle.

1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada ii. ii. ii. 93 I'le shrowd this Gorgon from all humane view.

1831 B. Disraeli Young Duke I. i. xi. 87 That gorgon, Lady de Courcy, captured me.

1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter II. 111 A pretty girl will hardly be a gorgon as a step-mother.

Compounds

C1. simple attributive passing into adjective with sense ‘petrifying’, ‘terrible’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [adjective] > of aspect > of or relating to gorgon or Medusa

Gorgon1575

Gorgonical1591

Medusean1608

Gorgonian1616

medusal1939

1575 R. B. Apius & Virginia sig. Ei Oh gorgan Judge, what lawles life hast thou most wicked led.

a1640 P. Massinger Guardian iii. vi. 53 in 3 New Playes (1655) Your Gorgon looks Turn me to stone.

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 131 But Pallas..'twixt the Spring & Hammer thrust Her Gorgon-shield.

1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian iii. i. 48 Why didst thou not..try the virtue of that Gorgon Face, To stare me into statue?

1709 W. Congreve tr. Ovid Art of Love iii. 215 It swells the Lips, and blackens all the Veins, While in the Eye a Gorgon Horror reigns.

1777 R. Potter tr. Æschylus Prometheus Chain'd in tr. Æschylus Tragedies 25 From his eyes the gorgon-glare Of balefull lightnings flash'd.

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lv. 35 Scarce would you deem that Saragoza's tower Beheld her smile in Danger's Gorgon face.

1827 C. M. Sedgwick Hope Leslie (1872) II. 251 Feeling as if she had been paralyzed by some gorgon influence.

C2. Objective and instrumental.

gorgon-headed adj.

ΚΠ

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iv. i. 137 Quivers, helms, and spears, And gorgon-headed targes.

gorgon-like adj.

ΚΠ

1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Aiiii^v See how farre they swerue from theyr purpose, who..seeke to garnish such Gorgonlike shapes.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxiii. 225 As if they had a Gorgon-like mind to stare her youth and beauty into stone.

gorgon-mounted adj.

ΚΠ

1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Acharnians iv. vii, in Comedies 107 Fetch out my Gorgon-mounted rounded shield.

† Gorgon-touched adj. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1621 G. Sandys in tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis iv. Argt. 87 Gorgon toucht Sea-weeds To Corall change.

C3. Combinations with genitive gorgon's:

gorgon's head n. (a) the head of Medusa, or a representation of it; (b) ‘a kind of basket-fish; a many-rayed ophiurian, as of the genus Astrophyton’ ( Cent. Dict.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > of classical mythology > Gorgon > Gorgon's head

gorgon's head1605

1605 Play Stucley in R. Simpson School of Shakspere (1878) I. 242 His eye is as the Gorgons head to me, And doth transform my senses into stone.

1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xvi. 208 For they seeme like Bug-beares, or Gorgons heads, to the vulgar.

1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon v. 50 This is a sight, that like the Gorgon's head, Runs through my limbs, and stiffens me to Stone.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. xi. 332 Where glared A Gorgon's-head with angry eyes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	gorgon
释义	Gorgonn.adj. /ˈɡɔːɡən/ Forms: Also Middle English–1600s gorgone. Etymology: < Latin Gorgon-em, Gorgō, < Greek Γοργώ (plural Γοργόνες), < γοργός terrible. 1. a. Greek Mythology. One of three mythical female personages, with snakes for hair, whose look turned the beholder into stone. The one of most note, and the only one mortal, Medusa, was slain by Perseus, and her head fixed on Athene's shield. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > of classical mythology > Gorgon Gorgonc1614 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. lxx. 765 Þerynne woneþ women þat were yclepede gorgones feminine. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 148 The Islands called Gorgates, where sometimes the Gorgones kept their habitation.] c1614 W. Mure tr. Virgil Dido & Æneas ii. in Wks. (1898) I. 528 Whil gastly Gorgones threatne death. a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover i. ii. 9 in 3 New Playes (1655) I have seen More then a wolf, a Gorgon! 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 628 Gorgons and Hydra's, and Chimera's dire. View more context for this quotation 1700 W. Congreve Way of World v. i. 80 He is as terrible to me as a Gorgon. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. iii. 37 Her dark elf-locks shot out like the snakes of the gorgon. 1884 J. Ruskin Pleasures Eng. (1885) 156 In Greek art, remember to keep yourselves clear about the difference between the Lion and the Gorgon. †b. = Demogorgon n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Demogorgon Demogorgon1554 Gorgon1590 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A8 Great Gorgon, prince of darknes and dead night. c. Short for gorgon's head n. ΚΠ 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 90 As if the dire goddess..with..her gorgon at her breast, was a coquette to be flirted with. †d. A petrifying influence. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [noun] > one who or that which petrifies Gorgon1646 petrifier1794 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 54 Chrystall..its immediate determination and efficiency..are wrought by the hand of its concretive spirit, the seeds of petrification and Gorgon within it selfe. †2. An African quadruped; ? the gnu. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Alcelaphinae > genus Connochaetes (wildebeest or gnu) Gorgon1607 gnu1777 kokoon1806 wildebeest1824 white-tailed gnu1858 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 262 Among the manifold and diuers sorts of Beasts which are bred in Affricke, it is thought that the Gorgon is brought foorth in that countrey. 3. A very terrible or very ugly person; esp., a repulsive woman. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [noun] > person or thing which inspires horror > gorgon or Medusa Medusaa1393 Gorgona1529 a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 24 Was nevyr suche a ffylty gorgon, nor suche an epycure, Syn[s] Dewcalyons flodde. 1632 S. Marmion Hollands Leaguer iv. iv No, my dear Gorgons, I will not have my fame wander without The precincts of your castle. 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada ii. ii. ii. 93 I'le shrowd this Gorgon from all humane view. 1831 B. Disraeli Young Duke I. i. xi. 87 That gorgon, Lady de Courcy, captured me. 1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter II. 111 A pretty girl will hardly be a gorgon as a step-mother. Compounds C1. simple attributive passing into adjective with sense ‘petrifying’, ‘terrible’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [adjective] > of aspect > of or relating to gorgon or Medusa Gorgon1575 Gorgonical1591 Medusean1608 Gorgonian1616 medusal1939 1575 R. B. Apius & Virginia sig. Ei Oh gorgan Judge, what lawles life hast thou most wicked led. a1640 P. Massinger Guardian iii. vi. 53 in 3 New Playes (1655) Your Gorgon looks Turn me to stone. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 131 But Pallas..'twixt the Spring & Hammer thrust Her Gorgon-shield. 1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian iii. i. 48 Why didst thou not..try the virtue of that Gorgon Face, To stare me into statue? 1709 W. Congreve tr. Ovid Art of Love iii. 215 It swells the Lips, and blackens all the Veins, While in the Eye a Gorgon Horror reigns. 1777 R. Potter tr. Æschylus Prometheus Chain'd in tr. Æschylus Tragedies 25 From his eyes the gorgon-glare Of balefull lightnings flash'd. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lv. 35 Scarce would you deem that Saragoza's tower Beheld her smile in Danger's Gorgon face. 1827 C. M. Sedgwick Hope Leslie (1872) II. 251 Feeling as if she had been paralyzed by some gorgon influence. C2. Objective and instrumental. gorgon-headed adj. ΚΠ 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iv. i. 137 Quivers, helms, and spears, And gorgon-headed targes. gorgon-like adj. ΚΠ 1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Aiiii^v See how farre they swerue from theyr purpose, who..seeke to garnish such Gorgonlike shapes. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxiii. 225 As if they had a Gorgon-like mind to stare her youth and beauty into stone. gorgon-mounted adj. ΚΠ 1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Acharnians iv. vii, in Comedies 107 Fetch out my Gorgon-mounted rounded shield. † Gorgon-touched adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1621 G. Sandys in tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis iv. Argt. 87 Gorgon toucht Sea-weeds To Corall change. C3. Combinations with genitive gorgon's: gorgon's head n. (a) the head of Medusa, or a representation of it; (b) ‘a kind of basket-fish; a many-rayed ophiurian, as of the genus Astrophyton’ ( Cent. Dict.). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > of classical mythology > Gorgon > Gorgon's head gorgon's head1605 1605 Play Stucley in R. Simpson School of Shakspere (1878) I. 242 His eye is as the Gorgons head to me, And doth transform my senses into stone. 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xvi. 208 For they seeme like Bug-beares, or Gorgons heads, to the vulgar. 1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon v. 50 This is a sight, that like the Gorgon's head, Runs through my limbs, and stiffens me to Stone. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. xi. 332 Where glared A Gorgon's-head with angry eyes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.adj.a1529
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