Narcissus Definition
när-sĭsəs
narcissi, narcissuses
noun
Any of a genus (Narcissus) of bulbous plants of the lily family with smooth, linear leaves and six-parted flowers with a cup or tube projecting from the center, including daffodils and jonquils.
Webster's New World
A beautiful youth who, after Echo's death, is made to pine away for love of his own reflection in a spring and changes into the narcissus.
Webster's New World
pronoun
(Greek mythology) A youth who spurned the love of Echo and fell in love with his own reflection in a pool: in some versions of the myth, he drowned trying to reach it, while in others he sat fixated until a god took pity and transformed him into a flower.
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Other Word Forms of Narcissus
Noun
Singular:
narcissus
Plural:
narcissi, narcissusesOrigin of Narcissus
Latin from Greek narkissos (influenced by narkē numbness, from its narcotic properties)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Borrowing from Latin narcissus, from Ancient Greek ναρκίσσος (narkissos).
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From Ancient Greek Νάρκισσος (Narkissos, “Narcissus").
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