Cadmean

adjective

Cad·​me·​an

variants or Cadmaean

(ˈ)kad¦mēən,

ˈkadm-

: of, relating to, associated with, or derived from Cadmus

Word History

Etymology

Latin Cadmeus (from Greek Kadmeios, from Kadmos Cadmus, mythical founder of Thebes and introducer of the alphabet from Phoenicia into Greece) + English -an

First Known Use

1603, in the meaning defined above

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