Augean
/ɔːˈdʒiːən
/adjective
1Relating to Augeas: the Augean stables...
- One can't help thinking of Hercules cleaning up the Augean stables.
- Cleaning out the Augean stables was one of the labours of Hercules and the incoming Greek government faces similar challenges.
- Hercules had avoided cleaning the Augean stables by diverting the course of two rivers through the building.
1.1(Of a task or problem) requiring so much effort to complete or solve as to seem impossible: there are Augean amounts of debris to clear
