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SISYPHEAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Both extremely effortful and futile

Classified under:

Adjectives

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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