moirai
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μοῖρα (moîra).
Noun
editmoirai pl (plural only)
- (Greek mythology) The three Fates, personifications of destiny.
- One's own destiny; fate. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- 1970, Toni Morrison, “Summer”, in The Bluest Eye:
- Public fact becomes private reality, and the seasons of a Midwestern town become the Moirai of our small lives.
Translations
editthe three Fates, personifications of destiny — see Fates