Definitions for Lethe

Lethe Le·the

Spelling: [lee-thee]
IPA: /ˈli θi/

Lethe is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in Lethe (eehlt).

Definitions for Lethe

noun

  1. Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
  2. (usually lowercase) forgetfulness; oblivion.

Origin of Lethe

Latin Greek, special use of lḗthē forgetfulness, akin to lanthánesthai to forget

Examples for Lethe

The essential can, at most, only be dimmed by the drinking of Lethe.

They—(and They, of course, are You)—had drunk of Lethe many times since then.

When I was born no pitying angel dipped my spirit-fire in Lethe.

Not for all the world would I bathe my soul in the waters of Lethe.

Lethe felt that there was a passion that night riding her; a passion that far surpassed her own.

For past the valley of Sleep flow the waters of Lethe, the river of Forgetfulness.

The theatres are dull as Lethe, and politics have lost their salt.

The waters of the sullen Lethe, rolling doom, are sounding too loudly in our own ears.

In the cares of a busy world, he may find a draught of the waters of Lethe.

There ought to be waters of Lethe for everyone every now and then, even in this life.

Word Value for Lethe
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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