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May 4, 2005

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Allusions and personifications

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gordian
mammon
gorgonize
cain
phoenix

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gorgonize

gorgonize or gorgonise (GOR-guh-nyz) verb tr.

To paralyze, petrify, or hypnotize.

[After Gorgon, any of the three monstrous sisters Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa in Greek mythology, who had snakes for hair. They turned into stone anyone who looked into their eyes.]

"Gorgonised me from head to foot
With a stony British stare."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson; Maud; 1855.

See more usage examples of gorgon in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

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