Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Greek Mythology One of the Pleiades, who hid her face in shame after marrying a mortal.
- n. One of the six stars in the Pleiades cluster, faintly visible to the unaided eye.
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“( 'Merope'), which however will not be a very quick affair.”
“I think the printing has made too much progress to allow of dealing with any of the long things now; I have left 'Merope' aside entirely, but the rest I have reprinted.”
“Merope' of Alfieri, in the 'Ion' of Euripides, and again and again in”
“Voltaire, after the production of "Merope;" the second was Marmontel, after the representation of his tragedy of "Dionysius.”
A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character
“His "Merope" is considered as the last and the best specimen of the elder school of”
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“Note: "Merope" is here sung with two syllables (so that it rhymes with "mope")”
“The same year (after a length of different applications, for several seasons, at both Theatres without success) his Tragedy, called Merope, was brought upon the stage in Drury-Lane by Mr. Garrick; to whom, as well as to another gentleman he likewise highly both admired and esteemed, he was greatly obliged; and his own words (here borrowed) will shew how just a sense he had of these obligations. ””
“Crusades and affording valuable information concerning the aristocracy of the early Middle Ages; "Merope", a tragedy (Venice,”
“Merope Ward is coping with a bunch of bratty 1940 evacuees and trying to talk her thesis adviser, Mr. Dunworthy, into letting her go to VE Day.”
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“And when Michael, Merope, and Polly finally get to World War II, things just get worse.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘Merope’.
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Stars
The proper names of stars. Don't list people, people.
Markab, Adhara, Aldhafera, Sham, Sinistra, Zubenelgenubi, Sag, Skat, Rastaban, Peacock, Media, Grumium and 89 more...
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a bestiary
soucouyant, revenant, sylph, Merope, Pleiades, nymph, sibyl, calypso, eidolon, kif, Scylla
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ancient signs
ouroboros, calypso, la sirene, Medusa, chthonic, aureole, colophon, succubus, peri, homunculus, zephyr, numinous and 56 more...
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Flutter
tuberose, golden apple, apple cider, unicorn, extraordinary, Pleiades, Merope, speckle, glitter, rose, pitter-pat, whale and 314 more...
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