Circean

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:30:34

Cir*ce"an (?), a. [L. Circaeus.]

Having the characteristics of Circe, daughter of Sol and Perseis, a mythological enchantress, who first charmed her victims and then changed them to the forms of beasts; pleasing, but noxious; as, a Circean draught.

 

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