Meaning ~ to affect as a Gorgon; hypnotize; petrify.
Origin ~ From Gorgon. These were three sister monsters of classical mythology commonly represented as having snakes for hair, wings, brazen claws, and eyes that turned anyone looking into them to stone. Medusa, the most famous and only mortal Gorgon, was beheaded by Perseus.
Example ~ 'She has him gorgonised.'
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