Cadmean
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Cadmean
1595–1605; < Latin Cadmē ( us ) (< Greek Kadmeîos of Cadmus ) + -an
Example Sentences
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Ye Cadmean Bacchants, ye have accomplished a glorious victory, illustrious, yet for woe and tears.
From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides
And where'er he passed He sowed the dragon's teeth, and everywhere Cadmean broods of armèd men arose And followed, followed on his fiery trail.
From Collected Poems Volume One by Noyes, Alfred
If not blind, they were usually profound strangers to the Cadmean mystery.
From Bricks Without Straw by Tourgée, Albion Winegar
Altogether, perhaps, in some way or other, seven-eighths of the life of man is taken up by the Cadmean Art.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
Ancient realm of Capet, Valois, and Bourbon—motherland of Du Guesclin and Bayard—you may well be proud of your Cadmean offspring!
From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
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