English Explanatory Dictionary

Ligeian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to Edgar Allan Poe's short story Ligeia (1838) or its title character, a woman who overcomes death by manifesting herself in her husband's second wife.

Word forms

Ligeian more Ligeian most Ligeian

Etymology

From Ligeia + -an.

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