pygmalion

  1. 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.
  2. Adjective.  Bloody (only in 'not pygmalion likely'), from the sensational, and then scandalous, line 'not bloody likely' in George Bernard Shaw's play ''Pygmalion''.

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