Cassandra

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 28, 2020 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>Cassandra</strong> &#149; \kuh-SAN-druh\&nbsp; &#149; <em>noun</em><br /> <p><strong>1 :</strong> a daughter of <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Priam">Priam</a> endowed with the gift of prophecy but fated never to be believed </p> <p><strong>2 :</strong> one that predicts misfortune or disaster</p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"They have rented a huge, nearly empty 'furnished' house online and it is here that the story begins to focus. Here, in a remote location everyone's nightmares get worse. The villagers … are <em>Cassandras</em>, implicitly warning of impending doom." — <a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/06/19/you-should-have-left-good-advice-for-viewers-of-limp-horror-tale/">Stephen Schaefer, <em>The Boston Herald</em>, 19 June 2020</a></p> <p>"My pandemic pantry is full. I come from a long line of <em>Cassandras</em>, and I have a keen (some would say unhealthy) interest in <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/virology">virology</a>, so I've been prepping assiduously since mid-January. I've been cooking for myself and enjoying it in self-isolation because it's something I didn't get to do much in my former life as a restaurant critic." — <a href="https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/dining/alison-cook-hope-stay-at-home-houston-coronavirus-15158559">Alison Cook, <em>The Houston Chronicle</em>, 27 Mar. 2020</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>The story of Cassandra comes from Greek mythology and is both tragic and ironic, as such myths tend to be. Cassandra was the daughter of <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Priam">Priam</a>, the king of Troy. She caught the eye of the god <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Apollo">Apollo</a>, who was accustomed to getting what he w