ouroboros in English dictionary

  • ouroboros

    Meanings and definitions of "ouroboros"

    • A serpent or worm who eats its own tail, a representation of the continuous cycle of life and death.
    • A picture or symbol representing this.
    • noun
      (mythology)
      A serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail, a representation of the continuous cycle of life and death.
    • noun
      A picture or symbol representing this.
    • noun
      a circular symbol of a snake or dragon devouring its tail, standing for infinity or wholeness.
      The first known appearance of the ouroboros motif is in the Enigmatic Book of the Netherworld, an ancient Egyptian funerary text in KV62, the tomb of Tutankhamun, in the 14th century BC.

    Synonyms of "ouroboros" in English dictionary

    Another word for "ouroboros" in the English thesaurus is uroboros.

    • uroboros

      a circular symbol of a snake or dragon devouring its tail, standing for infinity or wholeness.

    Grammar and declension of ouroboros

    • ouroboros ( plural  ouroboroi  or ouroboroses)
    • ouroboros (plural ouroboroi or ouroboroses)

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