About The Word Augean
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Augean
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What's The Definition Of Augean?
[adj] extremely dirty and corrupt; "every government ought to attend to cleaning its own Augean stables"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Augean: corrupt Related Terms | Find terms related to Augean: See Also | Augean In Webster's Dictionary \Au*ge"an\, a.
1. (Class. Myth.) Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis,
whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned
for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day.
2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.
{Augean stable} (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or
filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy.
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