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bluebeard
(encz) | bluebeard,modrovous Zdeněk Brož |
Bluebeard
(gcide) | Bluebeard \Blue"beard\, n.
The hero of a medi[ae]val French nursery legend, who, leaving
home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in
his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of
his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which
it is forbidden to investigate.
[1913 Webster]
The Bluebeard chamber of his mind, into which no eye
but his own must look. --Carlyle.
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bluebeard
(wn) | Bluebeard
n 1: (fairytale) a monstrous villain who marries seven women; he
kills the first six for disobedience |
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Bluebeard
(gcide) | Bluebeard \Blue"beard\, n.
The hero of a medi[ae]val French nursery legend, who, leaving
home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in
his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of
his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which
it is forbidden to investigate.
[1913 Webster]
The Bluebeard chamber of his mind, into which no eye
but his own must look. --Carlyle.
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