First Known Use: 1557
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1Oedipus
noun Oe·di·pus \-pəs\
Definition of OEDIPUS
: the son of Laius and Jocasta who in fulfillment of an oracle unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother
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Origin of OEDIPUS
Latin, from Greek Oidipous
2Oedipus
adjective
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