Promethean

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Adjective

Promethean

1. Of or pertaining to Prometheus.
2. Daringly original; boldly inventive or creative.
3. Of enormous size or strength; extraordinarily strong.
4. (of a, Romantic literary hero) Rebelling (or being a rebel) against a larger order; defying traditional moral categories; persecuted but dauntless.

Noun

Promethean (plural Prometheans)

1. One who acts in a Promethean manner.
2. A glass tube containing sulfuric acid and an inflammable mixture.
3. (historical) A kind of lucifer match.

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