Cadmean
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Cadmean
1595–1605; < Latin Cadmē ( us ) (< Greek Kadmeîos of Cadmus ) + -an
Example Sentences
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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)
Popular poetry and music, ballads and legends, wit and originality have disappeared before the barbaric intellectuality of our Cadmean idolatry.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
The early history of nations which have a history, usually begins with the coming of a colony, whether it be Phoenician, Cadmean, or Trojan.
From The Future of the Colored Race in America Being an article in the Presbyterian quarterly review of July, 1862 by Aikman, William
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
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