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Anaxarete (5 syl.)

of Salamis was changed into stone for despising the love of Iphis, who hung himself.—Ovid: Metamorphoses, xiv. 750.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Anacreon
Anacreontic
Anachronism
Anagnostes (Greek)
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Anah
Anana
Anastasia (St.)
Anathema
Anatomy
Anaxarete
Anaxarte
Ancæos
Ancalites
Anchor
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Anchor Watch (An)
Ancien Régime
Ancient
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Ancient of Days (Daniel iii. 9)