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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Narcissus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Νάρκισσος (Nárkissos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Narcisus m
- Archaic form of Narcisse (“Narcissus”).
Guillaume de Lorris,
Le Roman de la Rose 17.1:
- Comment Narcisus se mira
à la fontaine e souspira- As Narcissus gazed at his reflection
in the spring, and breathed