Meanings
adjectiveAugæan (comparative more Augæan, superlative most Augæan)
comparative more Augæan · superlative most Augæan
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of Augean.
Obedient to your well urged petition, I have gone into the Herculæan task of clearing — not the Augæan stables, but what is worse, — my baskets of papers.
1879, Susan Warner, My Desire, R. Carter and Brothers, page 429
Origin
Comparable to Europæan and Herculæan.
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Augæan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aug%C3%A6an
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