Laocoön

La·oc·o·ön

noun \lā-ˈä-kə-ˌwän\

Definition of LAOCOÖN

: a Trojan priest killed with his sons by two sea serpents after warning the Trojans against the wooden horse

Origin of LAOCOÖN

Latin, from Greek Laokoōn

First Known Use: 1582

Rhymes with LAOCOÖN

abutilon, Agamemnon, anticodon, antiproton, archenteron, arrière-ban, asyndeton, automaton, Azerbaijan, Bellerophon, bildungsroman, carrying-on, diazinon, dodecagon, emoticon, encephalon, get a move on, himation, interferon, kakiemon, keep an eye on, mesenteron, Michoacán, millimicron, oxymoron, phenomenon, protozoon, pteranodon, put the arm on, put the make on, rear echelon, Rostov-on-Don, Saskatchewan, septentrion, set one's heart on, set one's sights on, sine qua non, steal a march on, take it out on, Taklimakan, turn one's back on, Vientiane, wipe one's boots on, zero coupon, zooplankton