This week’s theme
Eponymic adjectives

This week’s words
Damoclean
Penelopean
melpomenish
Alician
Atlantean


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Usage examples that are food for thought

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PRONUNCIATION:

(at-lan-TEE-uhn)

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Extremely strong, often alluding to mythical or superhuman capabilities.
2. Related to the legendary island of Atlantis said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.

ETYMOLOGY:

After Atlas, a Titan in Greek mythology. After the defeat of the Titans, he was condemned by Zeus to support the heavens. Earliest documented use: 1667.

NOTES:

Both Atlantis and the Atlantic Ocean are named after Atlas. Oddly, the city of Atlanta is nowhere near the Atlantic coast. It got its name from being the terminus of the Western and Atlantic Railroad line.

USAGE:

“I already felt the bruise forming. Chancey hadn’t been lying about Atlantean strength.”
Megan Linski & Alicia Rades; The Criminal Lair; Crystallite Publishing; 2021.

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