- Sleeping Beauty
- noun Date: 1729 a princess of a fairy tale who is wakened from an enchanted sleep by the kiss of a prince
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Sleeping Beauty — ( La Belle au Bois dormant (The Beauty asleep in the wood) is a fairy tale classic, the first in the set published in 1697 by Charles Perrault, Contes de ma Mère l Oye ( Tales of Mother Goose ). [Heidi Anne Heiner, [http://www.surlalunefairytales … Wikipedia
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Sleeping Beauty — Sleeping Beau|ty 1.) the main character in a ↑fairy tale called Sleeping Beauty, who is a princess who lives in a castle. An evil ↑fairy makes the princess and everyone else in the castle fall asleep for ever. After a hundred years, a prince… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Sleeping Beauty — noun HUMOROUS used for referring to someone who has been asleep for a long time … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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sleeping beauty — noun 1. a person who is sleeping soundly • Hypernyms: ↑sleeper, ↑slumberer 2. a potential takeover target that has not yet been put in play • Hypernyms: ↑target company, ↑takeover target * * * ˌSleeping ˈBeauty 7 [ … Useful english dictionary
Sleeping Beauty — noun fairy story: princess under an evil spell who could be awakened only by a prince s kiss (Freq. 1) • Instance Hypernyms: ↑princess * * * ˌSleeping ˈBeauty 7 [Sleeping Beauty] noun used to refer to sb who h … Useful english dictionary
Sleeping Beauty — UK / US noun humorous used for referring to someone who has been sleeping for a long time • Etymology: From the children s story Sleeping Beauty in which a beautiful young girl goes to sleep for 100 years and is woken by a prince when he kisses… … English dictionary
Sleeping Beauty — 1) Some Call it Loving Drame fantastique de James B. Harris, d après la nouvelle de John Collier Sleeping Beauty, avec Zalman King, Carol White, Tisa Farrow, Richard Pryor. Pays: États Unis Date de sortie: 1972 Technique: couleurs… … Dictionnaire mondial des Films
Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) — Sleeping Beauty Directed by Clyde Geronimi Les Clark Eric Larson Wolfgang Reitherman … Wikipedia