gargoyle
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
gargoyle (plural gargoyles)
- A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.
- 1906, Rafael Sabatini, The Trampling of the Lilies, page 110
- From between set teeth came now a flow of oaths and imprecations as steady as the flow of water from the gargoyle overhead.
- 1906, Rafael Sabatini, The Trampling of the Lilies, page 110
- Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building.
- A fictional winged creature.
- 2005, Mel Odom, The Secret Explodes, page 200
- Almost immediately one of the gargoyles swept down from the sky and attacked him. The gargoyle's momentum drove them both over the side.
- 2005, Mel Odom, The Secret Explodes, page 200
- (slang, pejorative) An ugly woman.
Synonyms [edit]
- (any decorative carved grotesque figure): grotesque, hunky punk
- (ugly woman): crone, hag
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
carved grotesque figure on a spout
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decorative figure on a building
fictional winged creature
