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Delilah

de·li·lah

UK/dɪˈlaɪlə/ US/dɪˈlaɪlʌ/ fairly common

noun

1.

(Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength

2.

Origin

Borrowed from Hebrew דְּלִילָה (d'līla, “[she who] weakened”).

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