Promethean

[ pruh-mee-thee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or suggestive of Prometheus.
2. creative; boldly original.

noun

1. a person who resembles Prometheus in spirit or action.

Promethean

/ prəˈmiːθɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Prometheus
2. creative, original, or life-enhancing

noun

1. a person who resembles Prometheus

Word History and Origins

Origin of Promethean¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; Promethe(us) + -an

Example Sentences

To a clay compounded chiefly of the worldling and the rhetorician there is added a real spark of Promethean fire.

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Promethean fire: the fire which Prometheus brought down from heaven.

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She was sorry that it was hopeless; but she was glad that it was there, in all its Promethean wrathfulness, for her to observe.

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There is something truly Promethean in the struggle of the Russian youth against their overpowering antagonist.

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The delineation of that Promethean fortitude which defied conscience, as he has shown it in Manfred, is his greatest achievement.

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