Sleeping Beauty

noun

: a princess of a fairy tale who is wakened from an enchanted sleep by the kiss of a prince

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In classic Disney films, mothers are usually dead by the time the story starts (The Little Mermaid) or killed as a major plot point (Bambi) or forcibly, devastatingly separated from their children (Dumbo, Sleeping Beauty, etc.). —

Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025 Disney fans will likely think of the princess in Sleeping Beauty who shares the name. —

Anna Halkidis, Parents, 2 Jan. 2025 Perched on top of the cake were figures of Disney princesses Cinderella, Belle from Beauty and the Beast and Sleeping Beauty in front of a circle topper behind with the outline of Sleeping Beauty’s castle painted on it. —

Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024 The studio demand for a follow-up to 2014 hit Maleficent doesn’t translate into an engaging narrative now that Sleeping Beauty villain Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) has been thoroughly rehabilitated. —

Josh Bell, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Sleeping Beauty

Word History

First Known Use

1729, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Sleeping Beauty was in 1729

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“Sleeping Beauty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sleeping%20Beauty. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

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