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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Herculean \Her*cu"le*an\, adjective [L. herculeus, fr. Hercules: cf. F. hercul['e]en. See {Hercules}.]
1. Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task.
2. Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs. ''Herculean Samson.'' --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
herculean
adjective
1: displaying superhuman strength or power; "herculean exertions" [syn: {powerful}]
2: of extreme difficulty; requiring the strength of a Hercules; "a herculean task"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "Herculean": Antaean, Atlantean, Briarean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Homeric, abstruse, abysmal, arduous, astronomic, backbreaking, brutal, burdensome, colossal, complex, critical, crushing, delicate, demanding, difficile, difficult, effortful, elephantine, enormous, epic, exacting, forced, formidable, gargantuan, giant, giantlike, gigantic, grueling, hairy, hard, hard-earned, hard-fought, heavy, hefty, heroic, huge, immense, infinite, intricate, jawbreaking, jumbo, killing, knotted, knotty, labored, laborious, mammoth, mean, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, no picnic, not easy, onerous, operose, oppressive, painful, prodigious, profound, punishing, rigorous, rough, rugged, set with thorns, severe, spiny, steep, strained, strenuous, stupendous, thorny, ticklish, titanic, toilsome, tough, towering, tremendous, tricky, troublesome, uphill, vast, wearisome, wicked
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