Ogygian

Definitions

1. Of, pertaining to, or during the reign of Ogyges, a mythical king of Attica
   not-comparable, usually
2. Relating to a great deluge in Attica during the rule of Ogyges
   not-comparable, usually
3. Of or pertaining to Ogygia, an island mentioned in Homer's Odyssey,
   not-comparable, usually
4. primeval; of obscure antiquity.
   broadly, comparative, not-comparable, usually

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Examples

“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.”

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