Definitions for Nessus

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Nessus Nes·sus

Spelling: [nes-uh s]

IPA: /ˈnɛs əs/

Nessus is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 41 anagrams from letters in Nessus (ensssu).

Definitions for Nessus

noun

1. a centaur who, on attempting to seduce Deianira, the wife of Hercules, was shot by Hercules with a poisoned arrow. Before Nessus died, he gave to Deianira the poisoned tunic that ultimately caused Hercules' death.

Examples for Nessus

The example of vice does not rankle in their breasts, like the poisoned shirt of Nessus.

But responsibilities which had been lightly assumed clung like the shirt of Nessus.

If it is money, it stings; if it is place and position, it becomes the shirt of Nessus.

Take it; would 'twere Nessus's shirt, for you and your poet's sake.

There also is the hill Taphiassus, on which is the monument of Nessus, and of the other Centaurs.

I do not see why my hand should perform the office of the tunic of Nessus.

And then she bethought herself of the tunic that Nessus had given her.

The words stuck to him like the shirt of Nessus, lacerating his very spirit.

He will never be able to tear off this Nessus' robe that eats into his vitals!

Li´chas.Bearer of the Nessus robe;slain by Hercules, 236-238.