Narcissus Definition

när-sĭsəs
narcissi, narcissuses
noun
Any of a genus (Narcissus) of bulbous plants of the lily family with smooth, linear leaves and six-parted flowers with a cup or tube projecting from the center, including daffodils and jonquils.
Webster's New World
A beautiful youth who, after Echo's death, is made to pine away for love of his own reflection in a spring and changes into the narcissus.
Webster's New World

Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil.

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pronoun

(Greek mythology) A youth who spurned the love of Echo and fell in love with his own reflection in a pool: in some versions of the myth, he drowned trying to reach it, while in others he sat fixated until a god took pity and transformed him into a flower.

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Other Word Forms of Narcissus

Noun

Singular:
narcissus
Plural:
narcissi, narcissuses

Origin of Narcissus

  • Latin from Greek narkissos (influenced by narkē numbness, from its narcotic properties)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from Latin narcissus, from Ancient Greek ναρκίσσος (narkissos).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Ancient Greek Νάρκισσος (Narkissos, “Narcissus").

    From Wiktionary

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