Ananke
noun
Anan·ke
əˈnaŋ(ˌ)kē,
-anˌkē
plural -s
Greek religion
: a personification of compelling necessity or ultimate fate to which even the gods must yield
Word History
Etymology
Greek Anankē, from anankē necessity; akin to Old Irish écen necessity, need, Welsh angen, Cornish & Breton anken
First Known Use
circa 1642, in the meaning defined above
- ultrasonographer
- ultrasonographers
- ultrasonographic
- ultrasonographies
- ultrasonography
- ultrasophisticated
- ultrasound
- ultrasounds
- ultrastructural
- ultrastructurally
- ultrastructure
- ultrastructures
- ultrasuedes
- ultrathin
- ultratiny
- ultratraditional
- ultravacua
- ultravacuums
- ultraviolence
- ultraviolences
- ultraviolent
- ultraviolet
- ultraviolet spectrum
- ultraviolets
- ultravirilities