Icarusn.

/ˈɪkərəs/

Etymology: < the name of Icarus, the son of Daedalus, who attempted to fly by means of artificial wings fastened with wax (see Icarian adj.¹).

Used allusively of a person or activity resembling Icarus.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > confidence > [noun] > over-confidence or presumption > one who

Icarus1594

securitan1624

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. F2 I feare..in the height of my thoughts soaring too high, to fall with wofull repenting Icarus.]

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. L3 These insolent fancies are but Icarus fethers, whose wanton wax melted against the sunne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. vi. 55 Then follow thou thy desp'rate Syre of Creet, Thou Icarus, thy Life to me is sweet.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. vii. 16 There di'de My Icarus, my Blossome, in his pride.

1694 T. D'Urfey Comical Hist. Don Quixote: Pt. 2nd Ep. Ded. sig. A^v The roving Icarus in Poetry, By you is levell'd, when he soars too high.

1924 B. Russell (title) Icarus, or, The future of science.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Sept. 714/2 Much that he [sc. D'Annunzio] has given is not pure gold, but decorative lumber comparable to the ill-assorted trophies of the Vittoriale from which, an Icarus who has ceased to fly, he makes well-calculated sallies.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	icarus
释义	Icarusn. /ˈɪkərəs/ Etymology: < the name of Icarus, the son of Daedalus, who attempted to fly by means of artificial wings fastened with wax (see Icarian adj.¹). Used allusively of a person or activity resembling Icarus. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > confidence > [noun] > over-confidence or presumption > one who Icarus1594 securitan1624 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. F2 I feare..in the height of my thoughts soaring too high, to fall with wofull repenting Icarus.] 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. L3 These insolent fancies are but Icarus fethers, whose wanton wax melted against the sunne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. vi. 55 Then follow thou thy desp'rate Syre of Creet, Thou Icarus, thy Life to me is sweet. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. vii. 16 There di'de My Icarus, my Blossome, in his pride. View more context for this quotation 1694 T. D'Urfey Comical Hist. Don Quixote: Pt. 2nd Ep. Ded. sig. A^v The roving Icarus in Poetry, By you is levell'd, when he soars too high. 1924 B. Russell (title) Icarus, or, The future of science. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Sept. 714/2 Much that he [sc. D'Annunzio] has given is not pure gold, but decorative lumber comparable to the ill-assorted trophies of the Vittoriale from which, an Icarus who has ceased to fly, he makes well-calculated sallies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1594
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