4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Olympic  \O*lym"pic\,  or  Olympian  \O*lym"pi*an\,  games  \games\  . 
  A  modified  revival  of  the  ancient  Olympian  games,  consisting 
  of  international  athletic  games,  races,  etc.,  now  held  once 
  in  four  years,  the  first  having  been  at  Athens  in  1896. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Olympian  \O*lym"pi*an\  (-an),  Olympic  \O*lym"pic\  (-p[i^]k),  a. 
  [L.  Olympius,  Olympicus,  Gr  'Oly`mpios,  'Olympiko`s,  fr 
  'O`lympos:  cf  F.  olympique  See  {Olympiad}.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  Olympus,  a  mountain  of  Thessaly,  fabled 
  as  the  seat  of  the  gods,  or  to  Olympia,  a  small  plain  in 
  Elis. 
 
  {Olympic  games},  or  {Olympics}  (Greek  Antiq.),  the  greatest 
  of  the  national  festivals  of  the  ancient  Greeks, 
  consisting  of  athletic  games  and  races,  dedicated  to 
  Olympian  Zeus,  celebrated  once  in  four  years  at  Olympia, 
  and  continuing  five  days. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Olympian 
  adj  1:  of  the  region  of  Olympia  in  Greece  or  its  inhabitants; 
  "Olympian  plain"  [syn:  {Olympian},  {Olympic}] 
  2:  or  or  pertaining  to  the  greater  gods  of  ancient  Greece  whose 
  abode  was  Mount  Olympus;  "Olympian  deities"  [syn:  {Olympian}] 
  3:  majestic  in  manner  or  bearing;  superior  to  mundane  matters; 
  "his  majestic  presence";  "olympian  detachment";  "olympian 
  beauty  and  serene  composure"  [syn:  {majestic}] 
  4:  far  beyond  what  is  usual  in  magnitude  or  degree;  "a  night  of 
  exceeding  darkness";  "an  exceptional  memory";  "olympian 
  efforts  to  save  the  city  from  bankruptcy";  "the  young 
  Mozart's  prodigious  talents"  [syn:  {exceeding},  {exceptional}, 
  {prodigious},  {surpassing}] 
  n  1:  an  athlete  who  participates  in  the  Olympic  games  [syn:  {Olympian}] 
  2:  a  classical  Greek  god  after  the  overthrow  of  the  Titans 
  [syn:  {Olympian},  {Olympic  god}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  OLYMPIAN,  adj  Relating  to  a  mountain  in  Thessaly,  once  inhabited  by 
  gods,  now  a  repository  of  yellowing  newspapers,  beer  bottles  and 
  mutilated  sardine  cans,  attesting  the  presence  of  the  tourist  and  his 
  appetite. 
 
  His  name  the  smirking  tourist  scrawls 
  Upon  Minerva's  temple  walls, 
  Where  thundered  once  Olympian  Zeus, 
  And  marks  his  appetite's  abuse. 
  Averil  Joop 
 
 

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