Endymion
[en'dimiən]
Definition
n. a beautiful youth whom Selene (the moon) wrapped in perpetual sleep that she might kiss him without his knowledge.
Inputed by Agnes
Examples
- No Endymion will watch for his goddess to-night. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I hope he will not go away before I finish modelling my Endymion. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I must go to Mr Maurice for the Endymion, and I am glad I leave your dull grayness soon. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He has found a model for his statue of Endymion. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Without an Endymion. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He is my Endymion, remember. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Sit for the Endymion. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- No; I shall wrap myself up in a blanket and sleep under the moon like Endymion, which will be training for your friend's statue. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Because he is my Endymion in the flesh. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She lays close to the Endymion, between her and the Cleopatra, just to the eastward of the sheer hulk. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I am afraid I will never be able to carry out my conception of Endymion, said Maurice, paying no attention to this remark. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- This Caliphronas is a splendid-looking fellow, and I asked him to sit to me for my statue of Endymion. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Inputed by Agnes