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Sisyphean (iou)



Sisyphean adjective. Also (earlier) Sisyphian. L16.
[Latin Sisypheius from Greek Sisupheios, from Sisuphos Sisyphus: see below, -EAN, -IAN.]
Of or pertaining to Sisyphus, in Greek mythology a king of Corinth whose punishment in Hades was to push uphill a stone which rolled down again as soon as he reached the top; resembling the fruitless toil of Sisyphus; endless and ineffective.
American Speech The more such chores are postponed, the more Sisyphean the task becomes.