Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The queen of the fairies and wife of Oberon in medieval folklore.
- noun A satellite of Uranus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The queen of Fairyland, and consort of Oberon.
- noun A genus of lepidopterous insects.
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- proper noun Character in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer-Night's Dream, the queen of the
fairies . - proper noun astronomy : The
fourteenth and largestsatellite of theplanet Uranus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability
- noun (Middle Ages) the queen of the fairies in medieval folklore
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Shakespeare appears to have taken the name Titania from Ovid, [31] who uses it as an epithet of Diana, as being the sister of Sol or Helios, the
The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Compiled by Frank Sidgwick
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The name Titania may have been derived from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses.'
Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies Charlotte Endymion Porter 1900
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King Oberon, played with wonderful, campy flamboyance by Kris Joseph (Rufus Wainwright could not have done better), doesn’t believe his beautiful Queen Titania is pregnant by him and so tasks two mortal/morons ‘Restes and Pomme Frites (Abbot and Costello, Estragon and Vladimir, Bob McKenzie-Inspector Clouseau) with deep-sixing the newborn.
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King Oberon, played with wonderful, campy flamboyance by Kris Joseph (Rufus Wainwright could not have done better), doesn’t believe his beautiful Queen Titania is pregnant by him and so tasks two mortal/morons ‘Restes and Pomme Frites (Abbot and Costello, Estragon and Vladimir, Bob McKenzie-Inspector Clouseau) with deep-sixing the newborn.
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Aleneil bit her lips at the notion of Titania playing the Mother of God, but that was clearly what she was doing.
Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005
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Herschel in 1787, and now called Titania and Oberon.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 Various
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Oberon, as it were, calls Titania to the woodland when stars are torch and candle to the sleeping world.
Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates Julia McCune Flory 1906
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In the brief days of her happiness those who toasted her had called her Titania for her fairy slightness and delicate beauty, but then her fair, wavy locks had been of a length that touched the ground when her woman unbound them, and she had had the color of a wild rose and the eyes of a tender little fawn.
A Lady of Quality 1896
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In the brief days of her happiness those who toasted her had called her Titania for her fairy slightness and delicate beauty, but then her fair wavy locks had been of a length that touched the ground when her woman unbound them, and she had had the colour of a wild rose and the eyes of a tender little fawn.
A Lady of Quality Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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I call her "Titania" because I can't pronounce her real name.
Podkayne Of Mars Heinlein, Robert A. 1963
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