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TISIPHONE
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• TISIPHONE (noun)
The noun TISIPHONE has 1 sense:
1. one of the three Furies
Familiarity information: TISIPHONE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the three Furies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Tisiphone" is a kind of...):
Erinyes; Eumenides; Fury ((classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals)
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