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Meaning of Laestrygonian | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
/ˌlɛstɹɪˈɡəʊni.ən/

Definitions

A member of a mythical Greek tribe of man-eating giants.

Greek

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Examples

“1900, (translated by) George Herbert Palmer, The Odyssey of Homer, Houghton, Mifflin and Company Before town they met a maiden drawing water, the stately daughter of the Laestrygonian Antiphades.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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