Olympian
[əu'limpiən]
Definition
(noun.) a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans.
(noun.) an athlete who participates in the Olympic games.
(adj.) of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus; 'Olympian deities' .
(adj.) of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants; 'Olympian plain' .
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Definition
(a.) Alt. of Olympic
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Unserious Contents or Definition
adj. Relating to a mountain in Thessaly once inhabited by gods now a repository of yellowing newspapers beer bottles and mutilated sardine cans attesting the presence of the tourist and his appetite.
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Examples
- And both the Olympian and Englishman incarnate in a Greek, said the Demarch graciously. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It is not the business of the politician to preserve an Olympian indifference to what stupid people call popular whim. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- A still more important link of Hellenic union was the Olympian games that were held every four years at Olympia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I thought the gentleman of that name was an Olympian! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- For you, said Justinian, as he arose a crowned victor, and kissed the hand of Helena, we can have no fairer prize than the Olympian wreath of old. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- And as he walked further and further from the charmed atmosphere of his Olympian girl his face grew sad with a new sort of sadness. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The first day we have the vintage festival, the second our plays, and on the third there are Olympian games. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- We try to believe that, however finite we may be, our intellect is something apart from the cycle of our life, capable by an Olympian detachment from human interests of a divine thoroughness. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Let the high Muse chant loves Olympian: We are but mortals, and must sing of man. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The curse of Ate is on thee, they cry pitifully, nor will the goddess be satisfied until she has exacted her due penalty for neglect of the Olympians. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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