Since it's exam week...
Since it's exam week, I thought this entry was appropriate. After all, many of us have spent several hours in gorgas this week.
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A.Word.A.Day--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.]
Today's word in Visual Thesaurus.
"Gorgonised me from head to foot
With a stony British stare."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson; Maud; 1855.
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Happy Exam Week.
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A.Word.A.Day--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.]
Today's word in Visual Thesaurus.
"Gorgonised me from head to foot
With a stony British stare."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson; Maud; 1855.
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Happy Exam Week.