Cassandran.

/kaˈsandrə/

Etymology: < Latin Cassandra, Greek Κασ(σ)άνδρα.

The name of a daughter of Priam, sought in love by Apollo, who gave her the gift of prophecy; when she deceived him he ordained that no one should believe her prophecies, though true; used allusively, attributively, and in other combinations.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer > female > who is not believed

Cassandra1670

1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) Pref. sig. ēiiij Other Gouernours (Cassandra like) telling their pupils many excellent truths, are not beleeued by them.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 130. ¶2 A Cassandra of the [Gypsy] Crew..told me, That I loved a pretty Maid in a Corner.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. ii. 22 A Cassandra-Marat cannot do it.

1863 H. W. Longfellow Poet's Tale iv, in Tales Wayside Inn 191 The cawing of the crow,..Cassandra-like, prognosticating woe.

1901 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 236 Far be from me the Cassandra task of attempting to persuade my countrymen that an army of any given size is a necessity for the Republic.

1926 G. K. Chesterton Incredulity of Father Brown v. 177 Lady Diana had recovered a little from her trance of Cassandra.

1941 A. Koestler Scum of Earth 155 The censorship continued to suppress Kerillis's Cassandra-cries against the traitors in the Ministries.

1959 Times 18 June 13/3 Dr. Bertram gets off to a slow start because he is a very zestful Cassandra.

Derivatives

Caˈssandrian adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [adjective] > not believed

Cassandriana1876

a1876 J. Eadie Comm. Thess. (1877) 347 Baxter..accused Grotius of a design to reconcile Papists and Protestants in a Cassandrian Popery.

1903 H. Begbie in Daily Chron. 28 May 3/7 Remembering the Cassandrian comparison which has been made between the Transvaal and Ireland.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	cassandra
释义	Cassandran. /kaˈsandrə/ Etymology: < Latin Cassandra, Greek Κασ(σ)άνδρα. The name of a daughter of Priam, sought in love by Apollo, who gave her the gift of prophecy; when she deceived him he ordained that no one should believe her prophecies, though true; used allusively, attributively, and in other combinations. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer > female > who is not believed Cassandra1670 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) Pref. sig. ēiiij Other Gouernours (Cassandra like) telling their pupils many excellent truths, are not beleeued by them. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 130. ¶2 A Cassandra of the [Gypsy] Crew..told me, That I loved a pretty Maid in a Corner. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. ii. 22 A Cassandra-Marat cannot do it. 1863 H. W. Longfellow Poet's Tale iv, in Tales Wayside Inn 191 The cawing of the crow,..Cassandra-like, prognosticating woe. 1901 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 236 Far be from me the Cassandra task of attempting to persuade my countrymen that an army of any given size is a necessity for the Republic. 1926 G. K. Chesterton Incredulity of Father Brown v. 177 Lady Diana had recovered a little from her trance of Cassandra. 1941 A. Koestler Scum of Earth 155 The censorship continued to suppress Kerillis's Cassandra-cries against the traitors in the Ministries. 1959 Times 18 June 13/3 Dr. Bertram gets off to a slow start because he is a very zestful Cassandra. Derivatives Caˈssandrian adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [adjective] > not believed Cassandriana1876 a1876 J. Eadie Comm. Thess. (1877) 347 Baxter..accused Grotius of a design to reconcile Papists and Protestants in a Cassandrian Popery. 1903 H. Begbie in Daily Chron. 28 May 3/7 Remembering the Cassandrian comparison which has been made between the Transvaal and Ireland. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1670
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