Definition of pygmalion Pygmalion

/pɪˌgmejˈljʌn/ - [pigmeylyun] - Pyg•ma•li•on

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What does pygmalion mean?

Noun
pygmalion - (Greek mythology) a king who created a statue of a woman and fell in love with it; Aphrodite brought the sculpture to life as Galatea

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pygmalion (Noun)
One who acts as the legendary Greek sculptor Pygmalion who was granted the wish of having life given to a sculpture of his which he loved a great deal, as in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion in which he sometimes refers to his main character Henry Higgins as Pygmalion Higgins.