Millihelen
the quant-ty of beauty required to launch one ship.
“judith was no match for helen of troy, having on a few millihelens of beauty herself”
a face that could launch 1 ship.
excuse the first entry, it was misspelled!
nice kid with a sweet personality; kinda plain tho’… a millihelen.
from milli-, meaning one thousanth and helen, the name of a beautiful woman from cl-ssic literature.
unit for measuring beauty. one millihelen is the ammount of beauty that will launch exactly one ship.
backround information: in the epic poem “the illiad” by homer, helen of troy is considered the most beautiful woman. her beauty was the cause the trojan war, because a man named paris declaired her the most beautiful, and not one of the godesses. because her beauty caused many men to go to war (in a society that revolved around the sea and boats), it can be said that her face was so beautiful it launched one thousand ships. so, one milli-helen would be one thousanth of a helen, or enough to launch one ship.
alternate spelling: millihelen
this word was used by the character zane in scott westerfeld’s novel “pretties”:
zane: “what would you give the view?”
tally: “give it?”
zane: “a hundren milli-helens? five hundred? maybe a whole helen?”
tally: “i’d give it none. it’s uglyville, after all.”
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