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Pygmalion

Pyg·ma·li·on

Pygmalion

 
pronunciation:
pIg meI li n [or] pIg meIl yn
part of speech: noun
definition: in Greek and Roman mythology, a king of Cyprus who made a statue of a woman with which he fell in love, and which Aphrodite then brought to life. (Cf. Galatea.)