herculean

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See also: Herculean

English

Adjective

herculean (comparative more herculean, superlative most herculean)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Herculean
    • 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: J Johnson, , published 1792, →OCLC:
      Still there are some loop-holes out of which a man may creep, and dare to think and act for himself; but for a woman it is an herculean task, because she has difficulties peculiar to her sex to overcome, which require almost super-human powers.
    • 2005, Cheng Yen, “Humanitarian Care Transcends All Borders”, in Foreign Language Publications Department, transl., edited by Douglas Shaw, The Cycle of Beauty‎, Taipei: Jing Si Publications Co., Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 78:
      In October 1998, heavy rains brought on by two consecutive typhoons caused serious flooding in northern Taiwan. Fortunately, the floods receded in a short time and many people went to the disaster areas to help the victims. For example, over one thousand Tzu Chi volunteers helped city workers and military forces clean up debris in Hsichih. They finished the herculean job in just one day.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:herculean.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French herculéen. By surface analysis, Hercule +‎ -an.

Adjective

herculean m or n (feminine singular herculeană, masculine plural herculeni, feminine and neuter plural herculene)

  1. Herculean

Declension

Declension of herculean
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite herculean herculeană herculeni herculene
definite herculeanul herculeana herculenii herculenele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite herculean herculene herculeni herculene
definite herculeanului herculenei herculenilor herculenelor
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