Meduseanadj.

Brit.

/mᵻˈdjuːzɪən/,

/mᵻˈdjuːsɪən/,

/mᵻˈdʒuːzɪən/,

/mᵻˈdʒuːsɪən/, U.S.

/məˈd(j)uziən/,

/məˈd(j)usiən/

Forms: 1600s Meducean, 1600s–1700s Medusaean, 1600s– Medusean.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Medūsaeus , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Medūsaeus ( < Medūsa Medusa n. + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -an suffix. Compare French méduséen (1842). Compare medusan adj., medusian adj., medusal adj.

Obsolete.

Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of Medusa (Medusa n. 1).

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

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 51 The Adder..hath many Epithets, as..hurtfull, Medusæan, Cyniphian.

1650 R. Baron Pocula Castalia 114 A Brewers horse I'l yoak with Medusean Pegasus.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Meducean [sic].

1775 H. Boyd Hymn to Silence in Poems (1793) 453 Thy new ally, step'd forth, and wide Display'd her deadly Medusean shield.

1831 C. Lamb in Englishman's Mag. Aug. 555 Those Medusean ringlets.

1930 C. A. Smith in Weird Tales July 133/1 I have gazed on the secrets of that Medusean face which she averts eternally from the earth.

1997 E. Kowaleski-Wallace Encycl. Feminist Lit. Theory 105 Woman appears as the ‘dark continent’, a Medusean creature who can kill the spectator.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	medusean
释义	Meduseanadj. Brit. /mᵻˈdjuːzɪən/, /mᵻˈdjuːsɪən/, /mᵻˈdʒuːzɪən/, /mᵻˈdʒuːsɪən/, U.S. /məˈd(j)uziən/, /məˈd(j)usiən/ Forms: 1600s Meducean, 1600s–1700s Medusaean, 1600s– Medusean. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Medūsaeus , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Medūsaeus ( < Medūsa Medusa n. + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -an suffix. Compare French méduséen (1842). Compare medusan adj., medusian adj., medusal adj. Obsolete. Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of Medusa (Medusa n. 1). 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 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 51 The Adder..hath many Epithets, as..hurtfull, Medusæan, Cyniphian. 1650 R. Baron Pocula Castalia 114 A Brewers horse I'l yoak with Medusean Pegasus. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Meducean [sic]. 1775 H. Boyd Hymn to Silence in Poems (1793) 453 Thy new ally, step'd forth, and wide Display'd her deadly Medusean shield. 1831 C. Lamb in Englishman's Mag. Aug. 555 Those Medusean ringlets. 1930 C. A. Smith in Weird Tales July 133/1 I have gazed on the secrets of that Medusean face which she averts eternally from the earth. 1997 E. Kowaleski-Wallace Encycl. Feminist Lit. Theory 105 Woman appears as the ‘dark continent’, a Medusean creature who can kill the spectator. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1608
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