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Definition of
Lethe noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
Lethe
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈliθi
/
/
[
uncountable
]
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(
in ancient Greek stories
)
an imaginary river whose water, when drunk, was thought to make the dead forget their life on Earth
See
Lethe
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Lethe
Nearby words
lethal
adjective
lethargy
noun
Lethe
noun
let in for
phrasal verb
let in on
phrasal verb