Back

English Dictionary

prison prison /ˈprɪzən/

(Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus ( maenad )
(Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus
The maenads danced wildly in their frenzied worship of Dionysus.
The maenads danced wildly in their frenzied worship of Dionysus.
An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman ( maenad )
an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman

A game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does ( noughts and crosses [British] , tic-tac-toe [ N. American] , tick-tack-toe [ N. American] , ticktacktoe [ N. American] , ticktacktoo [ N. American] , tit-tat-toe )
a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does

Back

Next Language