Circean

English Alternative forms en Circaean Circæan obsolete Etymology From en la:Circaeus -an. en Circe -ean. Adjective Pertaining to Circe, the Greek goddess, who first charmed her victims and then changed them into animals; hence, alluring but dangerous or degrading. en 1794 w:Mary Wollstonecraft An Historical and Moral View of the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution II.2 Is it then surprizing that an empty mind should be employed only to vary the pleasures, which emasculated her circean court? Returned to the château just before it got dark, ate cold meats in Mrs Willems's kitchen. Learnt that J. and her Circean caresses were in Brussels on estate business en 2016 Robert Henke; Eric Nicholson Transnational Mobilities in Early Modern Theater 130 Another set of blinders stems from what might be called the Duessa syndrome: Protestant England associated hypertheatrical women with exotic foreignness, rhetorical display, physical allure, and Circean sexuality. Derived terms en Circean poison Translations French: fr circéen en eponyms