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Cadmean

[ kad-mee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or like Cadmus.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Cadmean1

1595–1605; < Latin Cadmē ( us ) (< Greek Kadmeîos of Cadmus ) + -an
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Example Sentences

It would be a Cadmean victory in which the victor would suffer as much as the vanquished.

The Cadmean magic has passed from the hands of hierophants into those of the people.

Altogether, perhaps, in some way or other, seven-eighths of the life of man is taken up by the Cadmean Art.

Yet he who thought he ought to have a Cadmean victory, carried on his conquest.

He was everywhere defeated, or his victories were Cadmean, as disastrous as defeats.

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