|akə|lēən, əˈkilē- adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Achilles, hero of Homer's Iliad (from Latin, from Greek Achilleus ) + English -an
: like Achilles (as in strength, invincibility, or moody and resentful wrath)
|akə|lēən, əˈkilē- adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Achilles, hero of Homer's Iliad (from Latin, from Greek Achilleus ) + English -an
: like Achilles (as in strength, invincibility, or moody and resentful wrath)
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012