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Hundred-handed

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Of the Hekatonkheires, three giants of Greek mythology who helped Zeus overthrow the Titans.
    not-comparable
  2. Having 100 hands.
    not-comparable

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Examples

“Uranos imprisoned the Titans in the earth, and threw the Cyclops and Hundred-handed Giants into Tartarus, but was at length overthrown and disabled by his son Cronos the Titan, who thereupon released his brother Titans and established the second dynasty of gods called the Cronids.”
You guys go free the Cyclopes and Hundred-Handed ones," said Zeus.”
“Of course, it's impossible to follow up on every single big of misbehaviour and less-than-perfect conduct that you will comeyou're not some hundred-handed Eastern deitybut you must be seen to be doing what you can.”
“In Classical legend Cottys was the hundred-handed brother of the hundred-handed monsters Briareus and Gyes, allies of the God Zeus in his war against the Titans on the borders of Thrace and Thessaly.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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