Definitions for alastors

alastors a·las·tor

Spelling: [uh-las-ter, ‐tawr]
IPA: /əˈlæs tər, ‐tɔr/

Alastors is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 229 anagrams from letters in alastors (aalorsst).

Definitions for alastors

noun

  1. (sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.

Origin of alastors

1600-10; from Greek alástōr “avenging deity,” from álastos “unforgotten, unforgiven”

Examples for alastors

I believe it is nearly as beautiful as the cavern in Shelley's 'alastor.'

This was followed by alastor, or the Spirit of Solitude, in 1816.

The whole poem of 'alastor' was to be foreseen in that fainting.

The following quotation is a fair specimen of the blank verse of alastor.

alastor: Ay, ay, but he has a long time been talking to the deaf.

He played Prof. alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody in three of the films.

The first longer poem of Shelley which can be called mature was alastor.

The music of "alastor," indeed, is audible ever and again throughout "Pauline."

It is certain that Keats read and was impressed by alastor: doubtless he also read the Hymn.

There is a quotation, or rather a misquotation, from it in the Preface to alastor.

Word Value for alastors
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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