Augean Definition
ô-jēən
adjective
Exceedingly filthy from long neglect.
American Heritage
Of Augeas, king of Elis, or his stable, which holds 3,000 oxen and remains uncleaned for 30 years until Hercules, as one of his twelve labors, cleans it in one day by diverting a river (or two rivers) through it.
Webster's New World
Requiring heroic efforts of cleaning or correction.
The Augean task of reforming the bureaucracy.
American Heritage
Very filthy or corrupt.
Webster's New World
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Augeas.
Wiktionary
Origin of Augean
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A reference to Augeas, a figure in Greek mythology whose stables were never cleaned until Hercules was given the task of cleaning them.
From Wiktionary
After Augeas , legendary Greek king who did not clean his stable for thirty years
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Wiktionary
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