Word of the Day 11-30-17

Jack Golden, Writer

Thursday, November 30

Gorgonize (Verb) – hypnotize; petrify to affect as a Gorgon (Classical Mythology, any of three sister monsters commonly represented as having snakes for hair, wings, brazen claws, and eyes that turned anyone looking into them to stone.)

The students joked that their teacher’s glare could gorgonize an student in mid-complaint.