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Tartarus noun. M16.
[Latin from Greek Tartaros.]
Greek Mythology. An abyss below Hades where the Titans were confined; a place of punishment in Hades; gen. hell. M16.
A hellish or horrific place or situation. E19.
De Quincey The dismal Tartarus of the kitchens.