Pygmalion
pronunciation
How to pronounce Pygmalion in British English:
UK [piɡˈmeiljən]
How to pronounce Pygmalion in American English:
US [pɪɡˈmeljən, -ˈmeliən]
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- Noun:
- (Greek mythology) a king who created a statue of a woman and fell in love with it; Aphrodite brought the sculpture to life as Galatea
Word Origin
- Pygmalion
- also the Pygmalion word, a British euphemistic substitute for bloody in mid-20c. from its notorious use in Bernard Shaw's play of the same name (1914: "Walk? Not bloody likely!"). The Greek legend of the sculptor/goldsmith and the beautiful statue he made and wished to life, is centered on Cyprus and his name might ultimately be Phoenician.
Example
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- 4. The social attributes of english dialects from pygmalion .
- 5. Remember what happened to pygmalion . L wouldn 't make that mistake .