chloe

English - Turkish

Definition of chloe in English Turkish dictionary: (Mitoloji) Yunan mitolojisinde Daphne’nin âşığı

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Definition of chloe in English English dictionary: 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

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Chlo·e

klōi

/ˈklōē/ /ˈkloʊiː/

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

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