Augeanadj.

Brit.

/ɔːˈdʒiːən/, U.S.

/ɔˈdʒiən/,

/ɑˈdʒiən/,

/ˈɔˌɡiən/,

/ˈɑˌɡiən/

Forms: 1500s–1600s Augaean, 1500s– Augean, 1600s Augeian, 1600s Augian, 1600s Augoean.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Augeas , -an suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Augeas (classical Latin Augēās, ancient Greek Αὐγείας), king of Elis (in Greek mythology) + -an suffix.Compare classical Latin Augēus of relating to Augeas. With the form Augian compare -ian suffix.

a. Esp. in Augean stable(s). Of, relating to, or designating the stables of Augeas, legendary king of Elis, notorious for their filthy condition, the cleansing of which was one of the twelve labours of Hercules (see labour of Hercules n. at labour n. Phrases 3). Used allusively to denote any extremely dirty place, or (figurative) a place or institution characterized by great moral corruption or depravity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty place > [noun]

fenc888

longayne1340

sloven's inn?1518

slut's corner1570

sink1590

Augean stable1596

spittle1624

spital1771

expectoratory1836

mill-tail1854

stable1903

pisshole1928

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > immoral conduct or habits > a vice or bad habit > a depraved act or practice

Augean stable1596

depravity1641

1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. D6^v Making th' Augæan Oxe-stall shine as sunne.

1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists 128 If your Magistrates hauing once given their names to the Church, indevour not to purge this Augean stable; how can you preferre their Communion to ours?

a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 102 You rub alse much of the Blutter Of the Augeian stall and gutter, On your own Cheeks as you do sting.

1709 S. Barklay in W. Coward Licentia Poetica Discuss'd sig. C2^v By the Power of your Herculean Pen Augean Holds were purg'd and render'd clean.

1775 P. Schuyler in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) I. 4 I shall have an Augean stable to clean there.

1825 Lancet 23 July 95/2 This Hospital is an ‘Augean stable’.

1866 Punch 13 Oct. 150/1 Good Work they do who usher us through John Bull's Augean stable.

1940 Life 22 Apr. 93/1 To the nation's out-of-town population which fears the metropolis as a vice den, he symbolizes not New York but a sort of Michigan Hercules who tidied up its Augean stable.

2009 Times (Nexis) 16 Dec. 29 Hopefully the Augean stables can be cleansed by public servants with more courage than those who prospered under Tony Blair.

b. Hence: extremely dirty; foul, filthy; (chiefly figurative) characterized by moral corruption or depravity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > very

Augean1689

well-glebed1691

1689 J. Tutchin Civitas Militaris 3 There Warlike Baker a firm Bulwark stood, 'Gainst French and Irish, an Augean Brood.

1794 T. Jefferson Let. 28 Dec. in Mem. (1829) III. 309 The changes in your House..are going on for the better, and even the Augean herd over your heads are slowly purging off their impurities.

1809 R. K. Porter Travelling Sketches Russia & Sweden I. xxiii. 251 The swamps.., with the Augean additions from the cleanliness of the lower inhabitants, might prove dreadfully noxious.

1841 J. Jordan Appeal to Ld. Bp. Oxf. on Divinity Tract Writers 8 Sweeping together the defilements of these Augean Tracts.

1864 Harper's Mag. Mar. 511/1 The first work must be to rid the repertories of the theatre of the accumulated Augean rubbish which for so many years has been there accumulating.

1866 W. R. Alger Solitudes Nature & Man iv. 389 To cleanse the augean bosom of the world by turning through it a river of pure enthusiasm.

1906 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 327 The truly Herculean feat performed by Copernicus, who had first to clear away heaps of Augean refuse before the truth could again become manifest.

1971 A. Hailey Wheels i. 14 Immediately beyond, leagues of drab streets, buildings, factories, housing, freeways mostly dirt encrusted: an Augean work town without petty cash for cleanliness.

2016 Times (Nexis) 31 Aug. 52 He helped to repair the augean reputation of Irish public life.

2. Of a task, undertaking, etc.: requiring so much effort to complete as to seem impossible; very difficult or demanding. Cf. Herculean adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or laborious

strongc1175

travailousa1382

laborousc1405

laboriousc1410

travailsome1549

laboursome1551

rigorousa1564

Herculean1594

surly1609

Augean1724

dreich1804

1724 W. Philips Belisarius ii. 20 The heavy, surly Goth, by Grecian Wiles Defrauded, no Augean Task.

1762 T. Mozeen Coll. Misc. Ess. 259 There is no pretending to correct Errors, without first bringing your Pupil to be sensible that they are so; and that we may set down as a more than Augean Task.

1836 Analyst 4 325 A dictionary is an Augean labour, requiring much learning, and more perseverance.

1905 Jrnl. U.S. Infantry Assoc. 1 Jan. 50 The neglect to make any organized effort..and the increasing strength and number of labor organizations..have in many places made recruiting an Augean undertaking.

2000 N. Henderson Old Friends & Mod. Instances (2001) xvii. 189 He made a success of the Bank, instigating badly needed administrative reforms, which was an Augean task after his own heart.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	augean
释义	Augeanadj. Brit. /ɔːˈdʒiːən/, U.S. /ɔˈdʒiən/, /ɑˈdʒiən/, /ˈɔˌɡiən/, /ˈɑˌɡiən/ Forms: 1500s–1600s Augaean, 1500s– Augean, 1600s Augeian, 1600s Augian, 1600s Augoean. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Augeas , -an suffix. Etymology: < the name of Augeas (classical Latin Augēās, ancient Greek Αὐγείας), king of Elis (in Greek mythology) + -an suffix.Compare classical Latin Augēus of relating to Augeas. With the form Augian compare -ian suffix. 1. a. Esp. in Augean stable(s). Of, relating to, or designating the stables of Augeas, legendary king of Elis, notorious for their filthy condition, the cleansing of which was one of the twelve labours of Hercules (see labour of Hercules n. at labour n. Phrases 3). Used allusively to denote any extremely dirty place, or (figurative) a place or institution characterized by great moral corruption or depravity. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty place > [noun] fenc888 longayne1340 sloven's inn?1518 slut's corner1570 sink1590 Augean stable1596 spittle1624 spital1771 expectoratory1836 mill-tail1854 stable1903 pisshole1928 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > immoral conduct or habits > a vice or bad habit > a depraved act or practice Augean stable1596 depravity1641 1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. D6^v Making th' Augæan Oxe-stall shine as sunne. 1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists 128 If your Magistrates hauing once given their names to the Church, indevour not to purge this Augean stable; how can you preferre their Communion to ours? a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 102 You rub alse much of the Blutter Of the Augeian stall and gutter, On your own Cheeks as you do sting. 1709 S. Barklay in W. Coward Licentia Poetica Discuss'd sig. C2^v By the Power of your Herculean Pen Augean Holds were purg'd and render'd clean. 1775 P. Schuyler in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) I. 4 I shall have an Augean stable to clean there. 1825 Lancet 23 July 95/2 This Hospital is an ‘Augean stable’. 1866 Punch 13 Oct. 150/1 Good Work they do who usher us through John Bull's Augean stable. 1940 Life 22 Apr. 93/1 To the nation's out-of-town population which fears the metropolis as a vice den, he symbolizes not New York but a sort of Michigan Hercules who tidied up its Augean stable. 2009 Times (Nexis) 16 Dec. 29 Hopefully the Augean stables can be cleansed by public servants with more courage than those who prospered under Tony Blair. b. Hence: extremely dirty; foul, filthy; (chiefly figurative) characterized by moral corruption or depravity. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > very Augean1689 well-glebed1691 1689 J. Tutchin Civitas Militaris 3 There Warlike Baker a firm Bulwark stood, 'Gainst French and Irish, an Augean Brood. 1794 T. Jefferson Let. 28 Dec. in Mem. (1829) III. 309 The changes in your House..are going on for the better, and even the Augean herd over your heads are slowly purging off their impurities. 1809 R. K. Porter Travelling Sketches Russia & Sweden I. xxiii. 251 The swamps.., with the Augean additions from the cleanliness of the lower inhabitants, might prove dreadfully noxious. 1841 J. Jordan Appeal to Ld. Bp. Oxf. on Divinity Tract Writers 8 Sweeping together the defilements of these Augean Tracts. 1864 Harper's Mag. Mar. 511/1 The first work must be to rid the repertories of the theatre of the accumulated Augean rubbish which for so many years has been there accumulating. 1866 W. R. Alger Solitudes Nature & Man iv. 389 To cleanse the augean bosom of the world by turning through it a river of pure enthusiasm. 1906 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 327 The truly Herculean feat performed by Copernicus, who had first to clear away heaps of Augean refuse before the truth could again become manifest. 1971 A. Hailey Wheels i. 14 Immediately beyond, leagues of drab streets, buildings, factories, housing, freeways mostly dirt encrusted: an Augean work town without petty cash for cleanliness. 2016 Times (Nexis) 31 Aug. 52 He helped to repair the augean reputation of Irish public life. 2. Of a task, undertaking, etc.: requiring so much effort to complete as to seem impossible; very difficult or demanding. Cf. Herculean adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or laborious strongc1175 travailousa1382 laborousc1405 laboriousc1410 travailsome1549 laboursome1551 rigorousa1564 Herculean1594 surly1609 Augean1724 dreich1804 1724 W. Philips Belisarius ii. 20 The heavy, surly Goth, by Grecian Wiles Defrauded, no Augean Task. 1762 T. Mozeen Coll. Misc. Ess. 259 There is no pretending to correct Errors, without first bringing your Pupil to be sensible that they are so; and that we may set down as a more than Augean Task. 1836 Analyst 4 325 A dictionary is an Augean labour, requiring much learning, and more perseverance. 1905 Jrnl. U.S. Infantry Assoc. 1 Jan. 50 The neglect to make any organized effort..and the increasing strength and number of labor organizations..have in many places made recruiting an Augean undertaking. 2000 N. Henderson Old Friends & Mod. Instances (2001) xvii. 189 He made a success of the Bank, instigating badly needed administrative reforms, which was an Augean task after his own heart. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1596
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