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Damocles

/'d/&/m/@/,kl/i/z/

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noun

the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)

noun.person

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damnific damnification damnify damning damningness damnum damoiselle damon damon and pythias damon runyon damosel damourite

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