moirai

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ancient Greek μοῖρα (moîra)

Noun[edit]

moirai pl (plural only)

  1. (Greek mythology) The three Fates, personifications of destiny.
  2. One's own destiny; fate. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    • 1970, Toni Morrison, “Summer”, in The Bluest Eye:
      Public fact becomes private reality, and the seasons of a Midwestern town become the Moirai of our small lives.

Translations[edit]

the three Fates, personifications of destiny — see Fates
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