omintakeinen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- original adj The first of its kind, existing before any copies.
- promethean 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.
Senses
omintakeinen is used for these senses in English:
- Promethean Boldly creative, inventive, or original; skilful, talented; also, recklessly daring; audacious.
- original (comparable) Fresh, different.
- outré Very unconventional.
original — full definition
- adj The first of its kind, existing before any copies.
- adj Fresh, inventive, and not copied from anything else.
- noun The very first version of something, from which copies are made.
- noun An unusually distinctive or eccentric person.
promethean — full definition
- 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.
- adj Extremely bold, creative and original, sometimes to the point of being reckless.
- adj Describing a Romantic-era hero who rejects normal moral rules and stands against authority, even while suffering for it.
- adj Relating to the promethea moth, a type of silkmoth.
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