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Promethean
[ pruh-mee-thee-uhn ]
noun
- a person who resembles Prometheus in spirit or action.
Promethean
/ prəˈmiːθɪən /
adjective
- of or relating to Prometheus
- creative, original, or life-enhancing
noun
- a person who resembles Prometheus
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Promethean1
First recorded in 1590–1600; Promethe(us) + -an
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Example Sentences
To a clay compounded chiefly of the worldling and the rhetorician there is added a real spark of Promethean fire.
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Promethean fire: the fire which Prometheus brought down from heaven.
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She was sorry that it was hopeless; but she was glad that it was there, in all its Promethean wrathfulness, for her to observe.
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There is something truly Promethean in the struggle of the Russian youth against their overpowering antagonist.
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The delineation of that Promethean fortitude which defied conscience, as he has shown it in Manfred, is his greatest achievement.
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