Damoclean

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/ˌdæməˈkli.ən/

adjective

Of or relating to Damocles or the sword of Damocles.

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Meanings

adjectiveDamoclean (comparative more Damoclean, superlative most Damoclean)

comparative more Damoclean · superlative most Damoclean

  1. Of or relating to Damocles or the sword of Damocles.

    [...] but so long as huge accumulated deficits are made to hang like a Damoclean sword over every Regional headquarters, detail improvements that promise savings have unfortunately rather more prospect of achievement than those that offer a chance of making money.

    1959 August, “Talking of Trains: Businessmen and B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 348

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Damoclean

AegeanAndeanabelianEritreanJudeanarchaeanNabataeanArameanChananeanCumaeanErythraeanHebraeanMandaeanMinaeanNicaeanPtolemaeanSabaean
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Cite this entry
APA

Damoclean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Damoclean

MLA

“Damoclean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Damoclean. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Damoclean,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Damoclean.

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