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Eumenides

American  
[yoo-men-i-deez] / yuˈmɛn ɪˌdiz /

noun

  1. (used with a plural verb) a euphemistic name for the Furies, meaning “the Kindly Ones.”

  2. (italics) a tragedy (485 b.c.) by Aeschylus.

Eumenides British  
/ juːˈmɛnɪˌdiːz /

plural noun

  1. another name for the Furies, used by the Greeks as a euphemism

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Etymology

Origin of Eumenides

from Greek, literally: the benevolent ones, from eumenēs benevolent, from eu- + menos spirit

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