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Cassandra|kæˈsændrə|
[L. Cassandra, Gr. 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, attrib., and Comb.
a1668R. Lassels Voy. Italy (1670) Pref. a x, Other Governours (Cassandra like) telling their Pupils many excellent truths, are not believed by them. 1711Addison Spect. No. 130 ⁋2 A Cassandra of the [Gypsy] Crew..told me, That I loved a pretty Maid in a Corner. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. ii. i. ii, A Cassandra-Marat cannot do it. 1863Longfellow Tales of Wayside Inn 191 The cawing of the crow,..Cassandra-like, prognosticating woe. 1901N. 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. 1926Chesterton Incredulity of Fr. Brown v. 177 Lady Diana had recovered a little from her trance of Cassandra. 1941Koestler Scum of Earth 155 The censorship continued to suppress Kerillis's Cassandra-cries against the traitors in the Ministries. 1959Times 18 June 13/3 Dr. Bertram gets off to a slow start because he is a very zestful Cassandra.
Hence Caˈssandrian a.
a1876Eadie Comm. Thess. (1877) 347 Baxter..accused Grotius of a design to reconcile Papists and Protestants in a Cassandrian Popery. 1903H. Begbie in Daily Chron. 28 May 3/7 Remembering the Cassandrian comparison which has been made between the Transvaal and Ireland. |