Promethean

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Greek Mythology Relating to or suggestive of Prometheus.
2. adj. Boldly creative; defiantly original.
3. n. One who is boldy creative or defiantly original in behavior or actions.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling Prometheus in Greek mythology, who showed men various arts, including the use of fire, and by the will of Zeus was chained to a rock and tortured by a vulture.
2. [lowercase] In entomology, of or pertaining to the prometheus; being or known as the prometheus: as, a promethean silkworm.
3. n. A small glass tube containing sulphuric acid, and surrounded by an inflammable mixture which it ignited on being pressed: formerly used for affording a ready light.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Of or pertaining to Prometheus.
2. adj. Daringly original; boldly inventive or creative.
3. adj. Of enormous size or strength; extraordinarily strong.
4. adj. Rebelling (or being a rebel) against a larger order; defying traditional moral categories; persecuted but dauntless.
5. n. one who acts in a Promethean manner

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Of or pertaining to Prometheus. See Prometheus.
2. adj. Having a life-giving quality; inspiring.
3. n. An apparatus for automatic ignition.
4. n. A kind of lucifer match.