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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -augean-, *augean*
Possible hiragana form: あうげあん
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WordNet (3.0)
augean(adj) extremely filthy from long neglect
augean stables(n) (Greek mythology) the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Augean

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt. [ 1913 Webster ]


Augean stable (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy.
[ 1913 Webster ]

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