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Tartarean

adjective Tar·tar·e·an \ tär-ˈter-ē-ən \

Definition of Tartarean

: of, relating to, or resembling Tartarus : infernal
  • were thrown headlong … into the Tartarean abyss
  • —Edward Gibbon

Origin and Etymology of tartarean

Latin tartareus, from Greek tartareios, from Tartaros Tartarus

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