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Olympian   /oʊlˈɪmpiən/   Listen
Olympian

adjective
1.
Of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants.  Synonym: Olympic.
2.
Of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus.
3.
Majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters.  Synonym: majestic.  "Olympian detachment" , "Olympian beauty and serene composure"
4.
Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree.  Synonyms: exceeding, exceptional, prodigious, surpassing.  "An exceptional memory" , "Olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy" , "The young Mozart's prodigious talents"
noun
1.
An athlete who participates in the Olympic games.
2.
A classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans.  Synonym: Olympic god.



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"Olympian" Quotes from Famous Books



... she called these two, and regarded even her father as somewhat outside that special pale; esteemed Grannie as an Olympian, benevolently inclined, but dwelling on a remote and loftier plane; and feared and detested Tom as an ...
— A Maid of the Silver Sea • John Oxenham
... one at least of those unfortunate "outsiders" for whose judgment or whose "meddling" Mr. Whistler has so imperial and Olympian ...
— The Gentle Art of Making Enemies • James McNeill Whistler
... and Philinus hummed, Lysimachus began again, What sort of exercise then shall we imagine to be first? Racing, as at the Olympian games? For here in the Pythian, as every exercise comes on, all the contenders are brought in, the boy wrestlers first, then the men, and the same method is observed when the cuffers and fencers are to exercise; ...
— Essays and Miscellanies - The Complete Works Volume 3 • Plutarch
... England, so the chance has fled! Olympian years to come shall knot not The athlete's guerdon for thy head But crown the wigs of ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 • Various
... from heaven, Urania, by that name If rightly thou art called, whose voice divine Following, above th' Olympian hill I soar. Above the flight of Pegasean wing. The meaning, not the name, I call; for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st, but heavenly born: Before the hills appeared, or fountain flowed, ...
— Harvard Classics Volume 28 - Essays English and American • Various


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