ALL meanings of damoclean
Dam·o·cles
D d - noun damoclean a flatterer who, having extolled the happiness of Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, was seated at a banquet with a sword suspended over his head by a single hair to show him the perilous nature of that happiness. 1
- idioms damoclean sword of Damocles, any situation threatening imminent harm or disaster. 1