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augean


1. Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day.

2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt. Augean stable (Fig), an accumulation of corruption or filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy.

Source: Websters Dictionary