Cressida

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proper noun

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

OriginItalian Criseida ← Ancient Greek Χρυσηΐς →
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Meanings

proper nounCressida (countable and uncountable, plural Cressidas)

plural Cressidas · alternative Cresida

  1. countableA female given name from Ancient Greek.
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    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."

    2014, Joyce Carol Oates, Carthage, Fourth Estate, →ISBN, page 38
  2. countableuncountableastronomyA moon of Uranus, Solar System.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekχρυσός“gold”
  2. Ancient GreekΧρυσηΐς
  3. ItalianCriseida
  4. EnglishCressida

Used by Geoffrey Chaucer, also 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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Translations

Japanese クレシダ
  • クレシダ (Kureshida)moon of Uranus
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APA

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“Cressida.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cressida. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cressida,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cressida.

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