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[ aw-jee-uhn ] / ɔˈdʒi ən /
adjectiveresembling the Augean stables in filthiness or degradation. difficult and unpleasant: an Augean chore. Origin of Augean1590–1600; <Latin Augē(us) of Augeas (Greek Augeí(ās) + -us adj. suffix) + -an Words nearby AugeanAufklärung, au fond, auf Wiedersehen, aug., Auge, Augean, Augean stables, Augeas, augen, augend, auger Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for AugeanHe compared this discovery to a “wagon full of manure” left in the Augean stables of science. The Two Forms of Mathematical Beauty|Robbert Dijkgraaf|June 16, 2020|Quanta Magazine I had to chase the chickens back into the coop and close the door so I could finish with the Augean Stables of the chicken pen. What Did TJ Mean By “Pursuit of Happiness,” Anyway?|P. J. O’Rourke|June 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Rather than meddle with them, I would give the Augean stables a second clean-out. The Works of Lucian of Samosata, v. 4|Lucian of Samosata But while there is life in a young patient there is always hope, and we at once set to work on our Augean task. A Labrador Doctor|Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Not that he abandoned his determination to cleanse his Augean stables. Kophetua the Thirteenth|Julian Corbett By sheer persistence and strength to enforce her commands, she had brought about a cleansing nothing short of Augean. A Woman's Burden|Fergus Hume His mind was very far from his official duties and the mass of reminders before him—this Augean stable of arrears. The Snare|Rafael Sabatini
British Dictionary definitions for Augean
adjectiveextremely dirty or corrupt Word Origin for AugeanC16: after Augeas; see Augean stables Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |