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Ligeian

Ligeian adjective: of or relating to Edgar Allan Poe's short story Ligeia (1838) or its title character, a woman who overcomes death by manifesting herself in her husband's second wife.

Adjective

Ligeian (comparative more Ligeian, superlative most Ligeian)

  1. Of or relating to Edgar Allan Poe's short story Ligeia (1838) or its title character, a woman who overcomes death by manifesting herself in her husband's second wife.

Forms of Ligeian

comparativemore Ligeian
superlativemost Ligeian

Origin of Ligeian

From Ligeia + -an.

Questions about Ligeian

What does Ligeian mean?
Ligeian means of or relating to Edgar Allan Poe's short story Ligeia (1838) or its title character, a woman who overcomes death by manifesting herself in her husband's second wife.
What part of speech is Ligeian?
Ligeian is an adjective.

Words near Ligeian in the dictionary

  1. Ligawasan
  2. Ligaya
  3. ligeance
  4. ligeances
  5. liged
  6. Ligeian
  7. ligement
  8. ligements
  9. liger
  10. ligers
  11. Liggan

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