ˌepəˌmenəˈdēən adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Epimenides, 7th century B.C. Cretan poet and philosopher who according to legend slept for 57 years in a cave + English -an
: being or resembling that of the Cretan poet and philosopher Epimenides
the Epimenidean paradox that “All Cretans are liars”