Au*ge"an (&?;), a. 1.
(Class. Myth.) 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.