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Achilles

ac·hil·les

US/əˈkɪliːz/ fairly common

noun

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a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles'' heel''

Origin

Borrowed from Latin Achillēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

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