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AugeanenUK
Au·ge·an A0519300 (ô-jē′ən)adj.1. Exceedingly filthy from long neglect.2. Requiring heroic efforts of cleaning or correction: the Augean task of reforming the bureaucracy.
[After Augeas, , legendary Greek king who did not clean his stable for thirty years.]Augean (ɔːˈdʒiːən) adjextremely dirty or corrupt[C16: after Augeas; see Augean stables]Au•ge•an (ɔˈdʒi ən)
adj. 1. resembling the Augean stables; filthy; rotten. 2. difficult and unpleasant: an Augean chore. [1590–1600; < Latin Augē(us) of Augeas (< Greek Augeíās) + -an1] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | Augean - extremely filthy from long neglectdirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves" |
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