Word of the Day:
Cassandra
PRONUNCIATION:
[kuh-san-druh]
MEANING:
1. Greek myth a daughter of Priam and Hecuba, endowed with the gift of prophecy but fated never to be believed.
2. One who prophesies disaster and whose warnings are unheeded.
ETYMOLOGY: Gk. Kasandra, daughter of Priam of Troy, seduced by Apollo who gave her the gift of prophecy, but when she betrayed him he amended it so that, though she spoke truth, none would believe her. Used figuratively since 1660s. The name is of uncertain origin, though the second element looks like a fem. form of Gk. andros "of man, male human being."
USAGE: "I had become a Cassandra -- I could see bad things on the road ahead but couldn't stop us from recklessly rolling over them."
SYNONYMS: doomsayer, kill-joy, prophet of doom, worrywart
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MEANING:
1. Greek myth a daughter of Priam and Hecuba, endowed with the gift of prophecy but fated never to be believed.
2. One who prophesies disaster and whose warnings are unheeded.
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USAGE: "I had become a Cassandra -- I could see bad things on the road ahead but couldn't stop us from recklessly rolling over them."
SYNONYMS: doomsayer, kill-joy, prophet of doom, worrywart
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