Eumenides

Definition: Eumenides

Eumenides

Noun

1. (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals.

Date "Eumenides" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references)

Etymology: Eumenides \Eu*men"i*des\, plural noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression literally, gracious goddesses.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms within Context: Eumenides

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Evil doer	Harpy, siren; Furies, Eumenides.
Resentment	Furies, Eumenides.
Revenge	Avenger, vindicator, Nemesis, Eumenides.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Commercial Usage: Eumenides

Domain	Title
Books	Aeschylus I: Oresteia (Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides) (reference) Aeschylus, 1 : The Oresteia : Agamemmon, the Libation Bearers, the Eumenides (Penn Greek Drama Series) (reference) Aeschylus: Eumenides (reference) Aeschylus: The Complete Plays: Oresteia: Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, Eumenides (Great Translations for Actors Series.) (reference) Agamemnon, the Choephori, the Eumenides Notes (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: Eumenides

"Eumenides" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Eumenides" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Eumenides

Rhyming with "Eumenides"

Words rhyming with "Eumenides" (pronounced 'Eu*men"i*des'): Alectorides, Antipodes, Archimedes, Caryatides, Dasypaedes, Epitithides, Fides, Hades, Hesperides, Hylodes, Ichneumonides, IDES, Ironsides, Ixodes, Oreades, Palmipedes, Papilionides, Paradoxides, Phryganeides, Pierides, Pinnipedes, Placoides, Pleiades, Psilopaedes, Ptilopaedes, Pygropodes, Rhaphides, Rheumides, Samoyedes, Silkensides, Slickensides, Sordes, Sporades, Steganopodes, Tenthredinides, Tinamides, Xylophagides. (additional references)

Anagrams: Eumenides

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-i-m-n-s-u"
	-1 letter: seminude.
	-2 letters: demesne, enemies, seedmen, sidemen.
	-3 letters: demies, demise, denies, denims, dienes, emends, endues, ensued, indues, medius, mensed, neumes, nudies, nudism, seemed, seined, undies.
	-4 letters: deems, deism, demes, denes, denim, dense, diene, dimes, dines, disme, dunes, emend, emeus, endue, ensue, indue, meeds, mends, mense, menus, mesne, miens, minds, mined, mines, minus, munis, mused, needs.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-i-m-n-s-u"
	+3 letters: mendeleviums.
	+4 letters: disencumbered, underestimate, unembellished.
	+5 letters: underemphasize, underestimated, underestimates.
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