gorgon
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gorgon /ˈgɔːg(ə)n/
▶noun
- 1 Greek Mythology each of three sisters with snakes for hair, who had the power to turn anyone who looked at them to stone.
- 2 a fierce, frightening, or repulsive woman.
– origin via L. from Gk Gorgō, from gorgos ‘terrible’.
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