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Phlegeton

Phlegeton is the alternative form of Phlegethon.

Meaning of Phlegethon

Proper noun

Phlegethon or the Phlegethon

  1. (Greek) A river of fire in Hades.
    • Firebrand of hell firſt tynd in Phlegeton, / By thouſand furies, and from thence out throwen / Into this world, to worke confuſion, / And ſet it all on fire by force vnknowen, / Is wicked diſcord, […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IIII, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 21
    Synonyms:
    Pyriphlegethon

Questions about Phlegeton

What is Phlegeton the alternative form of?
Phlegeton is the alternative form of Phlegethon.

Words near Phlegeton in the dictionary

  1. Phlegethon
  2. Phlegethontal
  3. Phlegethontic
  4. phlegethontiid
  5. phlegethontiids
  6. Phlegeton
  7. phlegm
  8. phlegm-cutter
  9. phlegm-cutters
  10. phlegmagogic
  11. phlegmagogue

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Phlegeton (page history and authors); Phlegethon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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