First Known Use: 1567
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Aegisthus
noun Ae·gis·thus \i-ˈjis-thəs\
Definition of AEGISTHUS
: a lover of Clytemnestra slain with her by her son Orestes
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Origin of AEGISTHUS
Latin, from Greek Aigisthos
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