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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'herculean' Resulted in 2 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 2 Definitions Herculean adjective  very strong, similar to the mythical Hercules in size 1607: But this is not the best:--look, pr'ythee, Charmian, / How this Roman does become / The carriage of his chafe. " Shakespeare, http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Tragedy_of_Antony_and_Cleopatra Antony and Cleopatra, i 3 said of something that will take a huge amount of work -- a Herculean labour, a Herculean task 1748, Tobias George Smollett, The Adventures of Roderick Random :He replied in a dry manner, that I would find it a task to chastise everybody who should laugh at my expense; 2006: Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear, commenting on the Bugatti Veyron : The guys at Volkswagen has a Herculean task. Translations:  French: herculéen , herculéenne (2) Etymology: see Hercules       herculean adjective  see Herculean 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman :Still there are some loop-holes out of which a man may creep, and dare to think and act for himself; but for a woman it is an task, because she has difficulties peculiar to her sex to overcome, which require almost super-human powers.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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