Augean
/ɔːˈd͡ʒiːən/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Augeas.
- 2 Very filthy.
- 3 Huge, immense, Herculean.
"an Augean task"
Adjective
- 1 extremely filthy from long neglect wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsEtymology
From Latin Augeas + -an. Augeas is a figure in Greek mythology whose stables were never cleaned until Hercules was given the task of cleaning them.