First Known Use: 14th century
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Tiresias
noun Ti·re·si·as \tī-ˈrē-sē-əs, -zē-\
Definition of TIRESIAS
: a blind seer of Thebes who in one Greek myth is changed into a woman for several years and then changed back to a man
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Origin of TIRESIAS
Latin, from Greek Teiresias
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