promethean
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Adj — Relating to Prometheus, the figure from Greek myth who made the first humans out of clay, gave them fire taken from the gods, and was punished for it by being chained to a rock.
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Etymology
The adjective is derived from Prometheus (“demigod in Greek mythology”) + -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming agent nouns). Prometheus is a learned borrowing from Latin Promētheus, and from its etymon Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús), from προμηθής (promēthḗs, “having forethoug...
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