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olympian |
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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