Pandora Definition
păn-dôrə
noun
Webster's New World
The first mortal woman: out of curiosity she opens a box, letting out all human ills into the world (or, in a later version, letting all human blessings escape and be lost, leaving only hope)
Webster's New World
Pandora, the first mortal woman according to Greek mythology, who opened a box containing all the bad things that could happen to humans and let them out.
An example of Pandora is the woman who released evil into the world.
YourDictionary
Any fish of the genus Pagellus.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Pandora
Noun
Singular:
Pandora
Plural:
pandorasOrigin of Pandora
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Greek Pandōrā having all gifts pan- pan- dōron gift dō- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra), "all gifts".
From Wiktionary
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