Associations to the word «Midas»
Noun
- Forbes
- Ovid
- Touch
- Herodotus
- Apollo
- Regression
- Ass
- Orpheus
- Fable
- Lydia
- Donkey
- Thrace
- Aphrodite
- Anatolia
- Hermes
- Hera
- Barber
- Turban
- Corona
- Fond
- Cantata
- Shelley
- Artemis
- Muse
- Athena
- Adventurer
- Abigail
- King
- Hara
- Ear
- Poseidon
- Pandora
- Pan
- Minerva
- Myth
- Console
- Mademoiselle
- Greed
- Bat
- Zeus
- Odysseus
- Golden
- Oracle
- Nashville
- Ras
- Nymph
- Bosch
- Investor
- Plague
- Orb
- Holly
- Macedonia
- Curse
- Wealth
- Hercules
- Reed
- Ligand
- Spokesperson
- Satellite
- Tomb
- Jupiter
- Mythology
- Rich
- Whale
- Banking
- Residue
- Worthy
- Stark
- Gold
- Spectacle
- Knot
- Nash
- Greek
- Peasant
- Emerson
- Tale
Adjective
Wiktionary
MIDAS, proper noun. (Greek mythology) A king who sought and was for a while granted the cherished but subtly dangerous magical power to turn anything he touched into gold.
MIDAS TOUCH, proper noun. (idiomatic) The ability to gain success or financial reward from one's actions.
MIDAS TOUCH, proper noun. (mythology) (literally) the ability to turn everything one touches into gold.
Dictionary definition
MIDAS, noun. (Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.