Cordelia
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Shakespeare's spelling of a historical British name appearing as Cordeilla, etc., possibly derived from the Latin saint's name Cordula.
Proper noun [edit]
Cordelia
- A female given name.
- 1605, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Lear, Act I:Scene 1:
- What shall Cordelia do? Love, and be silent.
- 1995 Anne Tyler, Ladder of Years, Knopf, ISBN 0679441557, page 8:
- "I don't believe I've ever run into a Delia before." "Well, it's Cordelia, really. My father named me that." "And are you one?" "Am I one what?" "Are you your father's Cordelia?"
- 1605, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Lear, Act I:Scene 1:
