Cressida
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First used by Shakespeare in Troilus and Cressida (1602), from Italian Criseida (which Boccaccio mistakenly substituted for Briseida (“Briseis”)), from Ancient Greek Χρυσηΐς (Khrusēḯs), from Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”).
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Cressida (countable and uncountable, plural Cressidas)
- (countable) A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 2014, Joyce Carol Oates, Carthage, Fourth Estate, →ISBN, page 38:
- Of course, Cressida had looked up her name online.
Reporting to her parents, incensed: "'Cressida'―or 'Criseyde'―isn't nice at all. She's 'faithless'―that's how people thought of her in the Middle Ages .Chaucer wrote about her, and then Shakespeare. ( - - - )"
"Oh, honey, come on. We don't believe in 'fate' in the U.S. of A. in 1996―this ain't the Middle Ages."
- (astronomy) A moon of Uranus, Solar System
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Cressida