Narcissus (A beautiful youth in Greek mythology who pines away for love of his own reflection and is then turned into the narcissus flower)

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• narcissus — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Narkissos Date: 14th century 1. capitalized a beautiful youth in Greek mythology who pines away for love of his own reflection and is then turned into the narcissus flower 2. plural narcissi or narcissuses or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium