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PENELOPISE

\pˈɛnɪlˌɒpa͡ɪz], \pˈɛnɪlˌɒpa‍ɪz], \p_ˈɛ_n_ɪ_l_ˌɒ_p_aɪ_z]\

Definitions of PENELOPISE

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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p[=e]-nel'o-p[=i]z, v.i. to act like Penelope, the wife of Ulysses, who undid at night the work she did by day, to gain time from her suitors.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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