Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Greek Mythology The son of Daedalus who, in escaping from Crete on artificial wings made for him by his father, flew so close to the sun that the wax with which his wings were fastened melted, and he fell into the Aegean Sea.
- n. An asteroid with an eccentric orbit approaching within 30 million kilometers (19 million miles) of the sun.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (Greek mythology) son of Daedalus; while escaping from Crete with his father (using the wings Daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the Aegean and drowned
Etymologies
- Latin, from Greek Īkaros. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Flick to page 38 on that preview, by the way, and ye'll see that Icarus is also running a short fiction competition, looking for stories inspired by the illustration on that page.”
“This issue of Icarus is better than a slice of pumpkin pie.”
“For those of you who enjoy both gay and speculative fiction, Icarus is the magazine for you.”
“Although his father explains that when something goes into a black hole it never comes out, Icarus is confident that he can journey to the black holes edge and still make it back.”
“Even the name Icarus, with its origin in the Greek myth of a boy who flew to great heights (brilliance) but then came too close to the sun (madness) and hurtled to his death, has a literary cast.”
“A boy undone by the failure to accept human limits, Icarus is a useful metaphor for the hothouse kid.”
“Abilities: Icarus is a skilled guitar player and a talented singer.”
“Becker: Is the name Icarus Witch significant to anyone else in the band?”
“Becker: Does the name Icarus Witch bear any significance to this band as of today?”
“There is also a butcher called Icarus Hinds, and the bookseller trades under the name of Bertram A. Watts.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Icarus’.
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The Whole Ball of Wax
Feel free to wax poetic.
the whole ball of..., wax poetic, wax, beeswax, ambergris, cedar waxwing, sealing wax, earwax, paraffin, bougie, epicuticular wax, waxing gibbous moon and 192 more...
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LIT - Greco-Latin gods and heroes
Ganymede, Io, Olympia, Callisto, Hera, Kronos, Despoina, Hyades, Dyaus, Rhadamanthus, Semele, Leto and 198 more...
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Things with wings
For fanciful birds, see reesetee's •Open List: Flights of Fancy.
For chickens, see Chickens.
For birds endemic to the United States and/or North America, see reesetee's Mo...airplane, dragonfly, pegasus, butterfly, Buffalo, robot bomb, periodical cicada, caduceus, angel, those flying monk..., cherub, housefly and 52 more...
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Shorty, Meredith, and States Rights
We're helping a pregnant friend list terrible baby names for a boy. Can you think of any?
States Rights, Meredith, Theophilus, St. George, Kennesaw Mountain, McQueen, 7, Adolph, Dubya, Sue, anything, Junior, Bubba and 6 more...
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Sun Words
heliotrope, heliograph, aphelion, heliocentric, perihelion, heliosphere, heliosheath, heliopause, heliophysics, heliotail, heliocentrism, helioseismology and 50 more...
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Percy Jackson
Daedalus, Icarus, Titan, Hyperion, Gaia, Uranus, Helios, Selene, Eos, Cronus, Ares, Eris and 20 more...
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