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Gordian
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gordian
English
Etymology
From en Gordius an or en Gordium an.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Gordium (now Yassihüyük in Turkey), capital of Phrygia.
Of or pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia
Of the Gordian knot.
Twisted; convoluted; tied as a knot.
IV 347–349 cloſe the Serpent ſly,Inſinuating, wove with Gordian twineHis braided train, 1873
Lamia I 6 he found a palpitating snake, / Bright, and cirque-couchant in a dusky brake. / She was a gordian shape of dazzling hue, / Vermilion-spotted, golden, green, and blue;
en 2005 Lance Parkin The Gallifrey Chronicles 205 When you put it that way it was so simple, so self-explanatory, so beautiful, so obvious that what had seemed the most Gordian problem was instantly almost mundane, and its elegance was its own proof.
Derived terms
en Gordian knot
Proper noun
Gordianus, name of three Roman emperors.
Translations
name of Roman emperors
Bulgarian: bg Гордиа́н m
Parthian: xpr 𐭂𐭅𐭓𐭕𐭍𐭉𐭅𐭎 gwrtnyws
Anagrams
en adginor adoring gradino idorgan roading
en Roman Empire