Word
Procrustes
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
pro-crus-tes
Definition
- n. - A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied
his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either
stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence
the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes.
- noun - (Greek mythology) a mythical giant who was a thief and murderer; he would capture people and tie them to an iron bed, stretching them or hacking off their legs to make them fit; was killed by Theseus
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