augean

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: Au=ge=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

augean, a. 

•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.  [1913 Webster]

Augean stable (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

augean, adj. filthy; extremely dirty.

Etymology

L Augeas f. Gk Augeias (in Gk mythology, the owner of stables cleaned by Hercules by diverting a river through them)