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Sisyphean definition

Sisy·phean (sis′ə fē′ən)

adjective

  1. of or like Sisyphus
  2. endless and toilsome, useless, etc. a Sisyphean task

Etymology: < L Sisypheius < Gr Sisypheios < Sisyphos + -an

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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