Definitions for Promethean

Promethean Pro·me·the·an

Spelling: [pruh-mee-thee-uh n]
IPA: /prəˈmi θi ən/

Promethean is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 851 anagrams from letters in Promethean (aeehmnoprt).

Definitions for Promethean

adjective

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

noun

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

Origin of Promethean

First recorded in 1580-90; Promethe(us) + -an

Examples for Promethean

Better so than to have the Promethean vulture peck it out for you.

I will apply the Promethean torch, and soon vivify that rude mass.

Vainly decried by a later age of shallower perception, it achieved this Promethean stroke by the very magic of the design.

The same might be said of most of those touched with Promethean fire.

The spectacle recalls the opening lines of the great Promethean drama of the Greek poet.

He was a Promethean warrior, bound in limb, but free and unfettered in spirit.

He used the word with malice, knowing it was ever on the Promethean lips.

This last Promethean gift was probably the first of the great human inventions.

If we have the Promethean fire, let it burn to light and warm them.

More than Promethean was the audacity that, having kindled, quenched that spark.

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