Alastor
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Alastor is a noun meaning An avenging spirit or deity, variously associated with the Erinyes, Nemesis, and more.
Meaning
An avenging spirit or deity, variously associated with the Erinyes, Nemesis, and more.
More Meanings
- In more recent ages, a term of rebuke for a pestilent rascal.
- (entomology) A genus of hunting wasp
Example Sentences
1852 James Orton: "Excelsior" or "The Realms of Poesie by Alastor". Private publication printed by William Pickering, London James Orton's choice of "Alastor" seems to have been an ironic pen name, suggesting a presumptuous voice.
Dog, leave thy snarling, or I'll cut thy tongue out ! Thou unlick'd bear, dar'st thou yet stand my fury, My generous rage? yet? By the sulphureous damps That feed the hungry and incessant darkness, Which curls around the grim Alastor's back, Mutter again, and with one powerful word, I'll call an host up from the Stygian lakes, Shall waft thee to the Acherontick fens; Where, choak'd with mists as black as thy impostures,
Word Forms
- alastors
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include agathodaemon, angel, antigod, agathodaimon, archfiend, agathodemon.
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