Ogygian

English Etymology From en Ogyges ian. Pronunciation en /əʊˈdʒɪdʒi.ən/ Adjective -,more Of, pertaining to, or during the reign of Ogyges, a mythical king of Attica Relating to a great deluge in Attica during the rule of Ogyges Of or pertaining to Ogygia, an island mentioned in Homer's Odyssey, en by extension comparative primeval; of obscure antiquity. en age-old en 1885 George Meredith Diana of the Crossways Chapter 1 Brainstuff is not lean stuff;—the brainstuff of fiction is internal history, and to suppose it dull is the profoundest of errors; how deep, you will understand when I tell you that it is the very football of the holiday-afternoon imps below. They kick it for pastime; they are intelligences perverted. The comic of it, the adventurous, the tragic, they make devilish, to kindle their Ogygian hilarity. References en eponyms