Tartarean
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Tartarean
1615–25; < Latin Tartare ( us ) of Tartarus ( see -eous) + -an
Example Sentences
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James Joyce's squalid boyhood in Dublin was a princely origin compared with the Tartarean depths of little Mick O'Donovan's life in Cork.
From Time Magazine Archive
I cast thee down, O Tartarean boor,... into the infernal kitchen!...
From Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing by Cutten, George Barton
Farewell, volcanic din, Olympian brattle, The bursting bomb, the thousand-throated cheer Tartarean roar, the volleyed rifle rattle, The rocket's lightning line of fire and fear.
From Soldier Songs and Love Songs by Laidlaw, A. H. (Alexander Hamilton)
O loathed, O cursed piece of enginery, Cast in Tartarean bottom, by the hand Of Beelzebub, whose foul malignity The ruin of this world through thee has planned!
From Orlando Furioso by Rose, William Stewart
The Mucone has always been known as a ferocious and pitiless torrent, and maintains to this day its Tartarean reputation.
From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman
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