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sisyphus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sisyphus has 1 sense
- sisyphus(n = noun.person) - (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; is a kind of mythical being
Derived forms adjective sisyphean2, adjective sisyphean1
CIDE DICTIONARY
sisyphus, n. [L. Sisyphus, Sisyphus, fr. Gr. .].
A king of Corinth, son of Æolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant. [1913 Webster]
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