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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μοῖρα (moîra).
Noun
moirai pl (plural only)
- (Greek mythology) The three Fates, personifications of destiny.
- One's own destiny; fate. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
1970, Toni Morrison, “Summer”, in The Bluest Eye:Public fact becomes private reality, and the seasons of a Midwestern town become the Moirai of our small lives.
Translations
the three Fates, personifications of destiny
— see Fates