Definition of augean Augean

Au•ge•an

We found 7 definitions of augean from 5 different sources.

What does augean mean?

WordNet

Adjective

Augean, augeaner, augeanest

augean - extremely filthy from long neglect

soiled, unclean, dirty having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3

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Wiktionary

augean (Adjective)
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Augeas.
augean (Adjective)
Hence, very filthy.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

augean (a.)
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.
augean (a.)
Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

augean
aw-jē′an, adj. filthy: difficult. [From Augeas, a fabled king of Elis in Greece, whose stalls, containing 3000 oxen, and uncleaned for thirty years, were swept out by Hercules in one day by his turning the river Alpheus through them.]