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Rhadamanthine
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English
Etymology
From en Rhadamanthus ine, after Rhadamanthus, a king in Greek myths.
Pronunciation
en /ˌɹædəˈmænθaɪn/ /ˌɹædəˈmænθɪn/ /ˌɹædəˈmænθin/
Adjective
strictly and uncompromisingly just.
en The Broadway 92 1869 When the father comes home and finds Georgiein disgrace, and Janey in tears, of course the ideal Rhadamanthine thing to do is to lay the coping stone to the boy's wall of isolation, and to add a fresh supply to Janey's bitter fountain. But not being Rhadamanthine, only weak and human and paternal, the sinful man ignores the lines of discipline marked out, and takes Georgie and Janey to his arms with quite impartial caresses and a cheery well-favoured comfort. https://books.google.com/books?id=KckRAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22rhadamanthine%22&pg=PA92#v=onepage&q=%22rhadamanthine%22&f=false
en The Two Poets of Croisic 1878 w:Robert Browning Little recks René, with a breast to cleanse, / Of Rhadamanthine law that reigned erewhile: / Brimful of truth, truth's outburst will convince / (Style or no style) who bears truth's brunt—the Prince.
en The Parliamentary Debates Great Britain. Parliament 1906 ccclxiv It was going to another place where measures were sometimes subjected to Rhadamanthine scrutiny, but he hoped the just principles which this House had recognised by large majorities would be considered on their merits. https://books.google.com/books?id=QPATAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22rhadamanthine%22&pg=PR363#v=onepage&q=%22rhadamanthine%22&f=false
inflexibly rigorous or severe.
en Twice Around the Clock: Or, The Hours of the Day and Night in London George Augustus Sala 1862 In a commodious gas-lit box, surrounded by books and papers, and with a mighty folio of loose leaves open before him — a book of Fate, in truth — sits a Rhadamanthine man, buttoned up in a great-coat often; for be it blazing July or frigid December, it is always cold at three o'clock in the morning. https://books.google.com/books?id=W2PelsrtjNwC&dq=%22rhadamanthine%22&pg=PA390#v=onepage&q=%22rhadamanthine%22&f=false
en And in these unruly islands I was prepared almost to welcome the face of Rhadamanthine severity. Robert Louis Stevenson In the South Seas. Letters from Samoa, etc VIII, Letters from Samoa 1894
Synonyms
en Rhadamanthean
en eponyms