Damocles
noun
Dam·o·cles ˈda-mə-ˌklēz 
: a courtier of ancient Syracuse held to have been seated at a banquet beneath a sword hung by a single hair
Damoclean
ˌda-mə-ˈklē-ən
adjective 
Word History
Etymology
Latin, from Greek Damoklēs
First Known Use
1578, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing Damocles
- supermoon
- supermoons
- supermultiplet
- supermundane
- supernaculum
- supernaculums
- supernal
- supernally
- supernatant
- supernatants
- supernation
- supernational
- supernationalism
- supernationalist
- supernations
- supernatural
- supernatural virtue
- supernaturalise
- supernaturalised
- supernaturalises
- supernaturalising
- supernaturalism
- supernaturalisms
- supernaturalist
- supernaturalistic