Gorlois

G2O1R1L1O1I1S1

proper noun

The husband of Igraine prior to Uther Pendragon, in Arthurian legend.

Scrabble 8
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. human sciencesThe husband of Igraine prior to Uther Pendragon, in Arthurian legend.

Origin

The name first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1136).

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

rigosol
Cite this entry
APA

Gorlois. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gorlois

MLA

“Gorlois.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gorlois. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gorlois,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gorlois.

Source: Gorlois on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.