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MIDAS
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• MIDAS (noun)
The noun MIDAS has 1 sense:
1. (Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold
Familiarity information: MIDAS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)
Domain category:
fable; legend (a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events)
Domain region:
Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)
Context examples
The final breakage was first reported by Project Midas, an Antarctic research project based in the United Kingdom.
(Massive Iceberg Breaks Off from Antarctica, NASA)
In fact, you will have the Midas touch all year, but especially in December and January.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I bought a dozen volumes on banking and credit and investment securities and they stood on my shelf in red and gold like new money from the mint, promising to unfold the shining secrets that only Midas and Morgan and Maecenas knew.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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