Circean

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to Circe, the Greek goddess, who first charmed her victims and then changed them into animals; hence, alluring but dangerous or degrading.
    — Is it then surprizing […] that an empty mind should be employed only to vary the pleasures, which emasculated her circean court?

词形变化

more Circean comparative most Circean superlative Circaean alternative,obsolete Circæan alternative,obsolete

词源

From Latin Circaeus + -an. By surface analysis, Circe + -ean.
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