Delilah

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. özel isim The mistress of Samson who betrayed him to the Philistines.

   “And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.”

2. özel isim A female given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.

   “"Leila!" she said enigmatically. "Have you seen her?" / "I went to her flat last week with Dad—he likes her." / "Delilah is her real name, you know. All men like her. And Captain Fort is her lover."”

3. isim A beautiful, cunning and treacherous woman; a femme fatale.

   “Down with this Delilah! Avaunt, O Circe, giver of poisonous feeds. To your natural haunts, ye gentlemen of the press! if bachelors, frequent your taverns, and be content.”

4. isim A libertine; a harlot; a woman of loose morals.

   “About twenty-three years ago the town talked about Richepin having deserted hearth and home, wife and child, to devote himself to a Delilah in the person of a famous actress.”