Ogygian

adj — 4 senses

Ogygian

adj

/əʊˈdʒɪdʒi.ən/

Etymology From Ogyges + -ian.

1

Usually Of, pertaining to, or during the reign of Ogyges, a mythical king of Attica

2

Usually Relating to a great deluge in Attica during the rule of Ogyges

3

Usually Of or pertaining to Ogygia, an island mentioned in Homer's Odyssey,

4

Broadly, Comparative, Usually primeval; of obscure antiquity.

  • Brainstuff is not lean stuff;—the brainstuff of fiction is internal history, and to suppose it dull is the profoundest of errors; how deep, you will understand when I tell you that it is the very football of the holiday-afternoon imps below. They kick it for pastime; they are intelligences perverted. The comic of it, the adventurous, the tragic, they make devilish, to kindle their Ogygian hilarity.1885, George Meredith, Diana of the Crossways, Chapter 1:

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