Ogygian

comparative more Ogygian · superlative most Ogygian

1. not comparableusuallyOf, pertaining to, or during the reign of Ogyges, a mythical king of Attica
2. not comparableusuallyRelating to a great deluge in Attica during the rule of Ogyges
3. not comparableusuallyOf or pertaining to Ogygia, an island mentioned in Homer's Odyssey,
4. broadlycomparativenot comparableusuallyprimeval; of obscure antiquity.

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   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

   Synonyms: age-old