Definition of Megaera

1. Noun. One of the three Furies.

Generic synonyms: Erinyes, Eumenides, Fury

Definition of Megaera

1. Proper noun. One of the Furies, Erinyes in Greek mythology, the cause of jealousy and envy, who punishes people who commit crimes, especially marital infidelity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Megaera

Meerut
Mees
Mees' lines
Mees' stripes
Meesman
Meesman dystrophy
Mefoxin
Mega Drives
Megachile
Megachiles
Megachilidae
Megachiroptera
Megaderma
Megaderma lyra
Megadermatidae
Megaera (current term)
Megalesian
Megalobatrachus
Megalobatrachus maximus
Megalonychidae
Megalopoli
Megalopolis
Megaloptera
Megalosauridae
Megan
Meganesia
Megapodiidae
Megapodius
Megaptera
Megaptera novaeangliae

Literary usage of Megaera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Register by Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Edmund Burke (1873)
"We do not believe that in any case connected with the 'Megaera' the reduction of an estimate contributed to her loss. We consider, however, that it would ..."

2. Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera of the Family Satyridae in the Collection by Arthur Gardiner Butler (1808)
"771. n. 142(1766); and Ochsenheimer (1807). P. Nymphalis Megaera ... Haust, ip 55 (1828). Lasiommata Megaera, Westwood Sf Humphrey's Brit. Butter/. ..."

3. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"The English dramatists' Megaera (act iv) might be suggested by this passage in ... Cupid comes down from heaven, and Megaera up from hell, marking a slight ..."

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