We found 25 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word gordian knot:
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 General (19 matching dictionaries)
- gordian knot: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
- Gordian knot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- Gordian knot: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- Gordian knot: Wiktionary [home, info]
- Gordian knot: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- Gordian knot, the Gordian knot: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- Gordian knot: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- Gordian knot: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- Gordian Knot (album), Gordian Knot (band), Gordian Knot (disambiguation), Gordian Knot (music), Gordian Knot (publication), Gordian Knot (software), Gordian Knot: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- Gordian knot: Rhymezone [home, info]
- Gordian knot: Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [home, info]
- Gordian knot: The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy [home, info]
- Gordian Knot: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) [home, info]
- gordian knot: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- gordian knot: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- gordian knot: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- Gordian knot: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- Gordian knot: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
- Gordian knot: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- Gordian knot: Encyclopedia [home, info]
Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
- Gordian knot: Political [home, info]
- Gordian knot: A Word A Day [home, info]
- Gordian knot: Idioms [home, info]
- Gordian Knot: Wordcraft Dictionary [home, info]
Science (1 matching dictionary)
- The Gordian Knot: A Glossary of Mathematical Terms [home, info]
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Quick definitions (Gordian knot)
▸ noun: an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia
▸ noun: any very difficult problem; insoluble in its own terms
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