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Oedipus
Oed·i·pus [ éddəpəss, dəpəss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
tragic figure in Greek mythology: in Greek mythology, a son of Jocasta and Laius, king of Thebes, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother

Oed·i·pal adjective
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