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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Augean (0.01431 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Augean.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Augean
Augean
adj : extremely dirty and corrupt;
“every government ought to
attend to cleaning its own Augean stables”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Augean
Augean
\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.
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2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.
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Augean stable (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or
filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy.
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