Word info

Ophelia

Proper noun

Meaning

A female given name from Ancient Greek

(astronomy) A moon of Uranus, named after the character in Hamlet.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

What's your hurry?" Because now is the only time there ever is to do a thing in," said Miss Ophelia. Harriet Beecher Stowe

Ophelia was a cyclone, tempest a god damned hurricane your common sense your best defense lay wasted and in vain. Natalie Merchant

Ophelia was a circus queen the female cannonball projected through five flaming hoops to wild and shocked applause... Natalie Merchant

Ophelia was a bride of god a novice Carmelite in sister cells the cloister bells tolled on her wedding night. Natalie Merchant

It's like Shelley. Like Werther. Like a Japanese Ophelia. Like a beautiful Oriental Lady in the Lake. Peter Greenaway

I look forward to the day when indigenous actors can play Hamlet and Ophelia and not just Othello and Desdemona. Shari Sebbens

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