First Known Use: 1567
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Hippolytus
noun Hip·pol·y·tus \-təs\
Definition of HIPPOLYTUS
: a son of Theseus falsely accused of amorous advances by his stepmother and killed by his father through the agency of Poseidon
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Origin of HIPPOLYTUS
Latin, from Greek Hippolytos
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