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1. (n.) Lorelei
a nymph of the Rhine whose singing lured sailors to shipwreck on a rock.
Etymology: (< G)
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1. (noun) Lorelei
a Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction
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1. lorelei
or Lurlei, a famous steep rock, 430 ft. high, on the Rhine, near St. Goar; dangerous to boatmen, on which it was fabled a siren sat combing her hair and singing to lure them to ruin; the subject of an exquisite Volkslied by Heine.
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