Tartarean

adjective

Tar·tar·e·an | \tär-ˈter-ē-ən

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Definition of Tartarean

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

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The first known use of Tartarean was in 1592

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