gorgonlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a gorgon.

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Meanings

adjectivegorgonlike (comparative more gorgonlike, superlative most gorgonlike)

comparative more gorgonlike · superlative most gorgonlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a gorgon.

    When Wilde originally wrote Earnest he never intended Lady Bracknell to be quite so gorgonlike. She became the stereotyped domineering and antagonistic mother-in-law in George Alexander's "reworked" version.

    1997, Patrick M. Horan, The Importance of Being Paradoxical, page 109

Origin

From gorgon + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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