Pygmalion
📖 Definitions
noun
A mentor, especially a man who mentors a woman.
adjective
Describing a word considered offensive, such as a swear word.
💬 Usage Examples
“So many parents fashion themselves novice Pygmalions, obsessed with the notion that their spawn will be the masterpiece of a lifetime.” Jean-Louis Baroux; Terror Over the Vatican; L’Archipel; 2014. “Pat was enraged at the thought and told him so in no uncertain terms. ‘Married to you?
Not Pygmalion likely.’” Rebecca Shaw; Village Matters; Phoenix Books; 1996. “Emma Duffin reported that one of her charges ‘used the Pygmalion word to me’ (bloody), but she made him apologise.” Julian Walker; Words and the First World War; Bloomsbury; 2017.