Definition of Siren

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Definition of Siren

Siren

One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction.

An enticing, dangerous woman.

Something which is insidious or deceptive.

A mermaid.

Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.

An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog.

Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.

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Siren Quotations

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.
Gertrude Stein

Because I was promoted as a sort of a siren and played all those sexy broads, people made the mistake of thinking I was like that off the screen. They couldn't have been more wrong.
Ava Gardner

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.
Horace

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.
Walter Savage Landor

There are seven songs finished and on par with any that are on Siren's.
Peter Hook

My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that frequently finds itself tested to oblivion in siren waters.
David Knopfler

No siren did ever so charm the ear of the listener as the listening ear has charmed the soul of the siren.
Henry Taylor

Conservatives must avoid the siren song of schism, or all is lost.
John Podhoretz

Siren Translations

siren in French is sirene
siren in German is Sirene
siren in Spanish is sirena

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