Pygmalion Definition
pĭg-mālyən, -mālē-ən
noun
A king of Cyprus and a sculptor.
Webster's New World
One who acts as the legendary Greek sculptor Pygmalion (who was granted the wish of having life given to a sculpture of his which he loved a great deal), as in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion in which he sometimes refers to his main character (Henry Higgins) as Pygmalion Higgins.
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adjective
Bloody (only in 'not pygmalion likely'), from the sensational, and then scandalous, line "not bloody likely" in George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion.
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Other Word Forms of Pygmalion
Noun
Singular:
Pygmalion
Plural:
pygmalions
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