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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt. {Augean stable} (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Augean adj : extremely dirty and corrupt; "every government ought to attend to cleaning its own Augean stables" [syn: {Augean}]
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