And, like Promethian life-begetting flame, / Pure bodies in the element should frame; / As to what part of heauen they hapt to stray, / There should they make another milkie way.
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Promethean
/pɹəˈmiː.θɪ.ən/
Synonyms for "promethean" (14 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (4)
Adjective(4 words)
Related words (7)
Adjective(7 words)
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9 entriesPromethean artistryPromethean curriculumPromethean ethicsPromethean figurePromethean imagePromethean pedagogyPromethean policyPromethean progressPromethean science
Collocations
6 entriesPromethean ambitionPromethean boldnessPromethean creativityPromethean energyPromethean firePromethean ideal
Inflections
2 entriesmore Prometheanmost Promethean
Derivations
5 entriesTranslations
10 translations across 9 languages.
Czech
1 entries- prométheovský adj (of or pertaining to Prometheus)
Dutch
1 entries- prometheïsch adj (of or pertaining to Prometheus)
Finnish
2 entries- Prometheuksen adj (of or pertaining to Prometheus)
- prometeaaninen adj (of or pertaining to Prometheus)
French
1 entries- prométhéen adj (of or pertaining to Prometheus)
Italian
1 entries- prometeico adj (of or pertaining to Prometheus)
Macedonian
1 entries- прометејски adj (of or pertaining to Prometheus)
Spanish
1 entries- prometeico adj (of or pertaining to Prometheus)
Swedish
1 entries- prometeisk adj (of or pertaining to Prometheus)
Welsh
1 entries- Prometheaidd adj (of or pertaining to Prometheus)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
And see how the Promethean liver grows / As vulture Grief devours it; see fresh shows / Revive woe's sense and multiply her soul; […]
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Theſe vultures in my Breſt / Gripe my Promethian heart both night and day; /
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More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.
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