Associations to the word «Xerxes»

Wiktionary

XERXES, proper noun. Xerxes I, a Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty who reigned 485-465 BC.
XERXES, proper noun. Xerxes II, a Persian king who ruled for 45 days in 424 BC before being assassinated.
XERXES, proper noun. A male given name mainly applied to historical and fictional characters.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats