Meanings
- Romanhuman sciencesA nymph or minor goddess from Roman mythology.
On the heroine of his play he dwelt with the passionate fondness of a lover: there the real mingled with the ideal: could he write of love, and not think of Ethel Churchill? She was the Egeria of his heart, who taught him all the truth of tenderness.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A London Life”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 165
- A patroness.
And she was being disrespectful and patronising to Lady Macmaster, Egeria to innumerable Scottish Men of Letters!
1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up— (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 5092 more examples
Talleyrand informed Madame de Staël of the expected visit, and she, who had already pictured herself as the Egeria of the young genius upon whom the eyes of France were fastened, was waiting in the anteroom on the following morning.
1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society, published 2010, page 74Ada, separated from her husband, was regarded as the Egeria of a mainly homosexual coterie that included Robbie Ross, Reggie Turner, Max Beerbohm and Lord Alfred Douglas.
2009, Selina Hastings, The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham, John Murray, published 2010, page 134
Synonyms & antonyms
proper noun13 Egeria, a main belt asteroid.
Origin
- LatinEgeria
- EnglishEgeria
Borrowed from Latin Egeria.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Ἠγερία
- Ἠγερία (Ēgería)The Roman nymph or goddess
Chinese Mandarin 芙女星
- 芙女星 (Fúnǚxīng)Asteroid
French Égérie
- ÉgérieThe Roman nymph or goddess
Greek Ηγερία, Ηγερία
- Ηγερία (Igería)The Roman nymph or goddess
- Ηγερία (Igería)Asteroid
Italian Egeria
- EgeriaAsteroid
Korean 에게리아
- 에게리아The Roman nymph or goddess
Russian Эгерия
- Эгерия (Egerija)Asteroid
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Egeria
Cite this entry
Egeria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Egeria
“Egeria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Egeria. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Egeria,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Egeria.
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