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Definition: AUGEAN STABLE |
AUGEAN STABLE1. (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Uncleanness | Sty, pigsty, lair, den, Augean stable, sink of corruption; slum, rookery. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | To sweep the Augean Stable. For President, Andrew Jackson. For Vice-President, John C. Calhoun. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Cleansing the Augean stable. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "AUGEAN STABLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Afrikaans | Augiasstal (Augean). (various references) | ||||
Dutch | Augiasstal. (various references) | ||||
Esperanto | aĆgia stalo. (various references) | ||||
German | Augiasstall (augean stables). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | augeanay ablestay | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Stomoxys calcitrans. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-e-e-g-l-n-s-t-u" | |
-3 letters: ablegates, abnegates, angulates, stageable, uneatable. | |
-4 letters: ablegate, abluents, abnegate, angulate, eatables, euglenas, galateas, gustable, languets, nauseate, nestable, stealage, subagent, tableaus, tuneable, unstable. | |
-5 letters: ablates, ablauts, abluent, agnates, albatas, anatase, angelus, anlages, atabals, baguets, balatas, baleens, bangles, beagles, belugas, blunges, bungees, bungles, butanes, butenes, eaglets, eatable, elegant, eluants, eluates, eluents, enables, engluts, euglena, galatea. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Images: Photo Album 3. Translations: Modern 4. Translations: Ancient | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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