Relating to or resembling the Gorgons, the monstrous beings from Greek mythology with snake hair and a petrifying gaze.
From Greek 'gorgos' (terrible, fierce) + 'acean' (a suffix meaning 'of or relating to'). The Gorgons were three sisters in classical mythology whose terrifying appearance could turn people to stone.
The Gorgons were so famous in ancient times that their image was used as a protective symbol on shields and buildings—the thing people feared most actually became a good luck charm!
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