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
We stand before it like Sisyphus before the great rock which he rolled so laboriously and so vainly up that Tartarean hill.
From A Comparative Study of the Negro Problem The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 4 by Cook, Charles C.
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)
He seized the wand that causes sleep to fly, Or in soft slumbers seals the wakeful eye; That drives the dead to dark Tartarean coasts,435 Or back to life compels the wand'ring ghosts.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander
He seized the wand that causes sleep to fly, Or in soft slumbers seals the wakeful eye; That drives the dead to dark Tartarean coasts, Or back to life compels the wandering ghosts.
From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by Gilfillan, George
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