jocasta

Jo·cas·ta

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [joh-kas-tuh]
- /dʒoʊˈkæs tə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [joh-kas-tuh]
- /dʒoʊˈkæs tə/

Definitions of jocasta word

noun jocasta Classical Mythology. a queen of Thebes, the wife of Laius and the mother, later the wife, of Oedipus, by whom she bore Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone: called Epicaste by Homer. 1
noun jocasta a female given name. 1
noun jocasta a queen of Thebes, the wife of Laius, who married Oedipus without either of them knowing he was her son 0
noun jocasta the queen who unwittingly marries her own son, Oedipus, and kills herself when she finds out 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

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