Icarus
name
name ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A Greek mythological figure, son of Daedalus, who escaped from the Cretan labyrinth of Knossos by flying with wings made from feathers and wax, but flew too near to the sun, which melted the wax in the wings, so he fell down and drowned in the Aegean Sea. Greek
Example
More examples"Icarus tried to fly too high and flew too near to the sun. The wings of wax melted and Icarus fell to his death in the ocean."
Etymology
From Latin Īcarus, from Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros).
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