Sisyphistn.
/ˈsɪsᵻfɪst/, U.S. /ˈsɪsəˌfɪst/ rare.
A person who resembles Sisyphus (see Sisyphean adj.), esp. by undertaking an endless, laborious, and ineffective task.
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Sisyphist1846
1846 G. R. Porter tr. F. Bastiat in F. Bastiat Pop. Fallacies Gen. Interests 25 It may be thought, perhaps, that I exaggerate, and that there are no true Sisyphists.
1972 R. G. Hogan E. O'Duffy 70 The Sisyphist, when faced by some economic catastrophe, attempts to remedy it not by a distribution of goods, but by the creation of work.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1846- to hirstle one's way
- to his afferant
- to his behalf
- to his etc way of it
- to his their way of it
- to his way of it
- to hiss away
- to hiss down
- to hiss out
- to hit a bad patch
- to hit a blot
- to hit a brick wall
- to hit a bump
- to hit a etc note
- to hit a high note
- to hit a low note
- to hit a man when he is down
- to hit a nerve
- to hit a note
- to hit a person between the eye
- to hit a person between the eyes
- to hit a person in the eye
- to hit a person in the eyes
- to hit a person up for
- to hit a raw nerve