Definition of Oedipean

1. oedipal [adj] - See also: oedipal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oedipean

oedemas
oedemata
oedemateous
oedematic
oedematous
oedemic
oedipal neurosis
oedipalize
oedipalized
oedipalizes
oedipalizing
oedipally
oedipean (current term)
oedipism
oedometer
oeil de boeuf
oeillade
oeillades
oelet
oenanthal
oenanthate
oenanthic
oenanthol
oenanthone
oenanthotoxin
oenanthyl

Literary usage of Oedipean

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

1. The Works of Charles Lamb: With a Sketch of His Life and Final Memorials by Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd (1855)
"Did the eyes come away kindly, with no OEdipean avulsion? Was the crackling the colour of the ripe pomegranate ? Had you no cursed compliment of boiled neck ..."

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