Herculian
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative spelling of Herculean. alt-of, alternative
"That the Company will now submit, (willingly at least,) to such adjustment by impartial and competent persons, we think improbable. Indeed, the Herculian task of such revison would be one, from which the greatest financial talents would shrink and would moreover, for its performance require long time and great expence. It is most likely the adjustment will never take place."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Herculian. alt-of
"The bodily exercise has assumed such a variety of shapes as to render it a truly herculian task to give an intelligent statement of it to any person who has never seen it."
Example
More examples"That the Company will now submit, (willingly at least,) to such adjustment by impartial and competent persons, we think improbable. Indeed, the Herculian task of such revison would be one, from which the greatest financial talents would shrink and would moreover, for its performance require long time and great expence. It is most likely the adjustment will never take place."
Etymology
From Hercules + -ian.
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