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Sisyphian, a.|sɪˈsɪfɪən|
[f. L. Sīsyphius, ad. Gr. σῑσύϕιος, f. σίσυϕος: see prec.]
Sisyphean.
1599T. M[oufet] Silkwormes 45 Sisyphian soules, betwitched multipliers, Surcease to pitch this neuer pitched stone. 1725Pope Odyss. xi. 734, I..survey'd A mournful vision! the Sisyphian shade. 1863I. Williams Baptistery ii. xxi. (1874) 49 What but this was the Sisyphian stone? 1864R. A. Arnold Hist. Cotton Famine 447 A mere labour test—a Sisyphian employment. |