lamia
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
/ˈleɪmɪə/(UK)
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/ˈleɪmɪə/(UK) · /ˈleɪ.mi.ə/(US)
Definition of lamia
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
- A city in Greece.
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name
- A city in Greece.
noun
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(Greek)A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.
“Coordinate term: naga”
“Apollonius […] by some probable conjectures, found her out to be a serpent, a lamia, and that all her furniture was like Tantalus' gold described by Homer, no substance, but mere illusions.”
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Etymology
From Latin lamia, from Ancient Greek Λάμια (Lámia).
Anagrams of lamia
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