English Explanatory Dictionary

Nessus shirt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fatal present or inescapable fate.

Word forms

Nessus shirt Nessus shirts Nessus' shirt shirt of Nessus

Etymology

In Greek mythology, a shirt (chiton) soaked with the poisoned blood of the centaur Nessus that killed Heracles upon wearing it.

Related words

poisoned chalice
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