gorgonlike

adj

gorgonlike

adj

Etymology From gorgon + -like.

1

Resembling or characteristic of a gorgon.

When Wilde originally wrote Earnest he never intended Lady Bracknell to be quite so gorgonlike. She became the stereotyped domineering and antagonistic mother-in-law in George Alexander's "reworked" version.1997, Patrick M. Horan, The Importance of Being Paradoxical, page 109:

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