(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:28:05

E*rin"ys (?), n.; pl. Erinyes (#). [L., fr. Gr. .] Class. Myth.

An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified.

[Written also Erinnys.]

 

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