chloe

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English - Turkish
(Mitoloji) Yunan mitolojisinde Daphne’nin âşığı
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A female given name

Before he had met this one, Morgan had assumed that people called Chloe were either the neurotic brilliant daughters of Oxbridge dons or else silly screaming debutantes.

(Mitoloji) A lover of Daphnis in a Greek pastoral romance
given name, female, from Greek
Daphnis and Chloe
{i} female first name; lover of Daphnis (Greek Mythology)
Name of a person mentioned in the New Testament (1 Corinthians 1: 11)
drunk as Chloe
Very drunk

1823: 'Drunk as Chloe'; she must have been an uproarious lass. — Jon Bee, Slang Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring &c;, page 27. Quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, second edition, 1985, Sydney University Press, ISBN 0-424-00113-6.

Daphnis and Chloe
two lovers in a Greek pastoral romance
drunk as Chloe
(Slang) very drunk, inebriated, "plastered
chloe

    Hyphenation

    Chlo·e

    Turkish pronunciation

    klōi

    Pronunciation

    /ˈklōē/ /ˈkloʊiː/

    Etymology

    [ 'klO-E ] (noun.) From Ancient Greek χλόη (chloē) "young green shoot" (an epithet of goddess Demeter)
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