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Meaning of AUGEAN

Pronunciation:  o'jeeun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  extremely dirty and corrupt; "every government ought to attend to cleaning its own Augean stables"
 
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 Synonyms: corrupt
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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