Cassiopeia

[kas-ee-uh-pee-uh]

noun

genitive

Cassiopeiae 

1. Astronomy.,  a northern constellation between Cepheus and Perseus.

2. Classical Mythology.,  the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda.

Cassiopeia

¹

/ ˌkæsɪəˈpiːə /

noun

1. a very conspicuous W-shaped constellation near the Pole Star. Cassiopeia A is a very strong radio and X-ray source, identified as the remnant of a supernova thought to have occurred in the late 17th century

Cassiopeia

²

/ ˌkæsɪəˈpiːə /

noun

1. Greek myth the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda

Cassiopeia

1. A W-shaped constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Andromeda and Cepheus.

Other Word Forms

• Cassiopeian adjective

Example Sentences

Even Simon Harley-Dickinson must have wondered, from his ever-changing position in the theatrical firmament: What had become of Alexander, Beowulf, and Cassiopeia Incorrigible, the three wards of Lord Fredrick Ashton, of Ashton Place, England?

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For this and perhaps some other reasons, the people to whom she felt closest at Ashton Place were her pupils: Alexander, Beowulf, and Cassiopeia Incorrigible, the three wards of Lord Fredrick Ashton.

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If so, you will have some idea of why Cassiopeia felt the way she did.

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Alexander, Beowulf, and Cassiopeia Incorrigible were her pupils.

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Later that night, back in my bed, he ran his fingers over the freckles between my ribs, and said they resembled the constellation Cassiopeia, channeling a scene out of “Serendipity.”

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