gorgom.html - n.
1 (in Greek mythology) each of three snake-haired sisters (esp. Medusa) with the power to turn anyone who looked at them to stone.
2 a frightening or repulsive person, esp. a woman.

gorgonian adj. [L Gorgo -onis f. Gk Gorgo f. gorgos terrible]

gorgom.html - n. & adj.
--n.

a usu. brightly coloured horny coral of the order Gorgonacea, having a treelike skeleton bearing polyps, e.g. a sea fan.

--adj.

of or relating to the Gorgonacea. [mod.L (as GORGON), with ref. to its petrifaction]

gorgom.html - v.tr.
(also -ise)
1 stare at like a gorgon.
2 paralyse with terror etc.

gorgom.html - n.
a type of rich cheese with bluish-green veins. [Gorgonzola in Italy]

gorgom.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a narrow opening between hills or a rocky ravine, often with a stream running through it.
2 an act of gorging; a feast.
3 the contents of the stomach; what has been swallowed.
4 the neck of a bastion or other outwork; the rear entrance to a work.
5 US a mass of ice etc. blocking a narrow passage.

--v.

1 intr. feed greedily.
2 tr. a (often refl.) satiate, glut. b swallow, devour greedily.

cast the gorge at reject with loathing. one's gorge rises at one is sickened by.

gorger n. [ME f. OF gorge throat ult. f. L gurges whirlpool]

gorgom.html - adj.
1 richly coloured, sumptuous, magnificent.
2 colloq. very pleasant, splendid (gorgeous weather).
3 colloq. strikingly beautiful.

gorgeously adv. gorgeousness n. [earlier gorgayse, -yas f. OF gorgias fine, elegant, of unkn. orig.]