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Lethe noun. M16.
[Latin from Greek lethe forgetfulness, oblivion, from leth-: see LETHARGY.]
In Greek mythology, a river in Hades whose water produced, in those who drank it, forgetfulness of the past (freq. in allusive phrs.); oblivion, forgetfulness of the past. M16.
Death. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.