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nounPsyche knot (plural Psyche knots)
plural Psyche knots
- Synonym of Grecian knot.
Why, really, he drove all the ladies to wearing those odious Psyche knots.
1896, John Kendrick Bangs, The Bicyclers1 more example
Even without theatrical shoes on, Erlys was taller than Luca Zombini, and kept her fair hair in a Psyche knot, out of which the less governable tresses continued, with the day, to escape.
2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 397Synonyms: Grecian knot
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of Grecian knot.
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