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SISYPHEAN
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Both extremely effortful and futile
Classified under:
Similar:
effortful (requiring great physical effort)
Derivation:
Sisyphus ((Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to Sisyphus
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Sisyphus ((Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again)
Derivation:
Sisyphus ((Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again)
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