Ogygian

//əʊˈdʒɪdʒi.ən// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or during the reign of Ogyges, a mythical king of Attica not-comparable, usually
  2. 2
    Relating to a great deluge in Attica during the rule of Ogyges not-comparable, usually
  3. 3
    Of or pertaining to Ogygia, an island mentioned in Homer's Odyssey, not-comparable, usually
  4. 4
    primeval; of obscure antiquity. broadly, comparative, not-comparable, usually

    "Brainstuff is not lean stuff;—the brainstuff of fiction is internal history, and to suppose it dull is the profoundest of errors; how deep, you will understand when I tell you that it is the very football of the holiday-afternoon imps below. They kick it for pastime; they are intelligences perverted. The comic of it, the adventurous, the tragic, they make devilish, to kindle their Ogygian hilarity."

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"Brainstuff is not lean stuff;—the brainstuff of fiction is internal history, and to suppose it dull is the profoundest of errors; how deep, you will understand when I tell you that it is the very football of the holiday-afternoon imps below. They kick it for pastime; they are intelligences perverted. The comic of it, the adventurous, the tragic, they make devilish, to kindle their Ogygian hilarity."

Etymology

From Ogyges + -ian.

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