augean Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite extremely filthy from long neglect

WordNet


Au*ge"an adjective
Definitions
  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.
  2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.

Webster 1913