TROILUS AND CRESSIDA

Meaning of TROILUS AND CRESSIDA in English

Troi ‧ lus and Cres ‧ si ‧ da /ˌtrɔɪləs ənd ˈkresədə/ BrE AmE

a play by William ↑ Shakespeare , set at the time of the ↑ Trojan War , about the unhappy love affair between two lovers, Troilus and Cressida

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TROILUS AND CRESSIDA — Lovers in medieval romance, based on characters from Greek mythology . In the Iliad , Troilus, son of Priam and …
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TROILUS AND CRESSIDA — drama in five acts by William Shakespeare, performed about 160102 and printed in a quarto edition from a fair copy, …
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TROILUS AND CRESSIDA — Lovers in medieval romance, based on characters from Greek mythology . In the Iliad , Troilus, son of Priam and …
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TROILUS AND CRESSIDA — a satiric comedy (1598-1602?) by Shakespeare.
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TROILUS AND CRESSIDA — a play by William Shakespeare , probably written in 1602. It tells the unhappy story of two young lovers in …
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TROILUS AND CRESSIDA — Троил и Крессида
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TROILUS — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek Trōïlos Date: 14th century a son of Priam who in medieval legend …
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CRESSIDA — noun Date: 14th century a Trojan woman of medieval legend who pledges herself to Troilus but while a captive of …
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TROILUS — /troy"leuhs, troh"euh-/ , n. Class. and Med. Legend. a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later …
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TROILUS — the son of Priam, king of Troy, in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida. Young and innocent, Troilus falls in love with …
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CRESSIDA — the daughter of Calchas in William Shakespeare's dark comedy Troilus and Cressida. In other versions of this story Cressida is …
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TROILUS — noun see troilus butterfly
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TROILUS — (n.) A large, handsome American butterfly (Euph/ades, / Papilio, troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front …
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TROILUS — ( n. ) A large, handsome American butterfly (Euph/ades, / Papilio, troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal spots on …
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CRESSIDA — /kres"i deuh/ , n. (in medieval adaptations of the story of the Trojan wars) a Trojan woman portrayed as the …
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TROILUS — n. large beautiful American butterfly
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TROILUS — n. son of the Trojan king Priam who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War (Greek mythology); lover of …
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CRESSIDA — n. Trojan woman who loves and pledges herself to Troilus but is unfaithful and deserts him for the Greek Diomedes …
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TROILUS — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek Trōïlos Date: 14th century : a son of Priam who in medieval …
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CRESSIDA — noun Date: 14th century : a Trojan woman of medieval legend who pledges herself to Troilus but while a captive …
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TROILUS — noun a large, handsome american butterfly (euph/ades, / papilio, troilus). it is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front …
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TROILUS — [Troi.lus] n [ME, fr. L, fr. Gk Troilos]: a son of Priam who in medieval legend loved Cressida and lost …
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CRESSIDA — [Cres.si.da] n: a Trojan woman of medieval legend who pledges herself to Troilus but while a captive of the Greeks …
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TROILUS — Troilus BrE AmE ˈtrɔɪl əs ˈtrəʊ ɪl əs, § \ -əl- ˈtroʊ əl-
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CRESSIDA — Cressida BrE AmE ˈkres ɪd ə -əd-
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CRESSIDA — Cres ‧ si ‧ da /ˈkresɪdə/ BrE AmE ( also Cres‧seid /ˈkresɪd/) ⇨ ↑ Troilus and Cressida
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PANDARUS — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Pandaros Date: 14th century a Lycian archer in the Trojan War who in medieval legend …
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ODYSSEUS — I Roman Ulysses Hero of Homer 's Odyssey . According to Homer, Odysseus was the king of Ithaca. His shrewdness, …
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TROILUS STANZA — noun see troilus verse
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PANDER — I. ˈpandə(r), ˈpaan- noun or pan·der·er -d(ə)rə(r) ; also pan·dar -də(r) ( -s ) Etymology: pander alteration (influenced by -er …
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TROILUS VERSE — noun or troilus stanza Usage: usually capitalized T Etymology: from Troilus and Criseyde, narrative poem in rhyme royal ( ab …
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TROILUS BUTTERFLY — ˈtrȯiləs-, ˈtrōələs- noun also troilus ( -es ) Etymology: from Troilus, son of Priam, king of Troy, from Latin, from …
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TROILUS BUTTERFLY — () A large American butterfly (Papilio troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue …
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TROILUS BUTTERFLY — add. ·- a large american butterfly (papilio troilus). it is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and …
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PANDARUS — in Greek legend, son of Lycaon, a Lycian. In Homer's epic poem the Iliad, Pandarus broke the truce between the …
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CALCHAS — in Greek mythology, the son of Thestor (a priest of Apollo) and the most famous soothsayer among the Greeks at …
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EVANS, DAME EDITH (MARY) — born Feb. 8, 1888, London, Eng. died Oct. 14, 1976, Cranbrook, Kent British actress. She made her stage debut as …
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CONCUPY — (n.) Concupiscence. [Used only in "Troilus and Cressida"]
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CONCUPY — ( n. ) Concupiscence. [Used only in "Troilus and Cressida"]
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SPICEBUSH SWALLOWTAIL — a swallowtail butterfly, Papilio troilus, having a dark body with yellow spots on the forewings and greenish hind wings. Also …
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PANDARUS — /pan"deuhr euhs/ , n. Class. Myth. a Trojan who attempted to assassinate Menelaus, thereby violating a truce between the Greeks …
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EVANS, DAME EDITH — born Feb. 8, 1888, London, Eng. died Oct. 14, 1976, Cranbrook, Kent in full Dame Edith Mary Evans one of …
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CHAUCER, GEOFFREY — born c. 1342/43, London?, Eng. died Oct. 25, 1400, London the outstanding English poet before Shakespeare and the first finder …
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WORK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a business/working lunch (= a lunch during which you also do business ) ▪ …
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WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
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SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
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OPEN — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a competition is open to sb (= used to say who can enter a …
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LIGHT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cigarette lighter (= something that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes ) ▪ …
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