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stygian |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stygian \Styg"i*an\, a. [L. Stygius fr Styx, Stygis Gr ?, ?, the Styx.] Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence hellish; infernal. See {Styx}. At that so sudden blaze, the Stygian throng Bent their aspect. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Stygian adj 1: hellish; "Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn"- Milton [syn: {Stygian}] 2: dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades; "in the depths of an Acheronian forest"; "upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth [syn: {Acheronian}, {Acherontic}, {Stygian}]
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