gorgon
pronunciation
How to pronounce gorgon in British English:
UK [ˈgɔ:gən]
How to pronounce gorgon in American English:
US [ˈgɔrgən]
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- Noun:
- (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone
Word Origin
- gorgon (n.)
- late 14c., in Greek legend, any of the three hideous sisters, with writhing serpents for hair, whose look turned beholders to stone, from Greek Gorgones (plural; singular Gorgo) "the grim ones," from gorgos "terrible, fierce, grim," of unknown origin. Transferred sense of "terrifyingly ugly person" is from 1520s. Their names were Medusa, Euryale, and Stheino, but when only one is mentioned, Medusa usually is meant. Slain by Perseus, her head was fixed on the aegis of Athena.
Example
- 1. The gorgon project is one of the world 's largest proposed gas developments .
- 2. Gorgon is one of the most ambitious of about 10 lng projects being developed in australia .
- 3. America is about to deploy drones equipped with a surveillance system called gorgon stare .
- 4. But chevron has already warned that australia 's cap and trade initiative could make the development of the gorgon gas field uneconomical .
- 5. The three gorgon sisters have escaped and captured spud and trixie .