Lethe
noun/ˈliːθi/
/ˈliːθi/
[uncountable]- (in ancient Greek stories) an imaginary river whose water, when drunk, was thought to make the dead forget their life on EarthWord Originvia Latin from Greek lēthē ‘forgetfulness’, from the base of lanthanesthai ‘forget’.
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