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Oedipus

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɛdɪpəs

Definitions

  1. Obsolete spelling of Oedipus.
    alt-of, obsolete
  2. A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.

Equivalents

EspañolEdipo
Françaisoedipe
DeutschÖdipus
17 more languages

Examples

“1821, Sophocles, J. Savill Faucit, Œdipus, a musical drama, in three acts.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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