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Stygian

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Stygian (“of or relating to the river Styx”). alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    Of, by or relating to the river Styx in Greek mythology. Greek
  3. 3
    Infernal or hellish. figuratively, literary
  4. 4
    Of, by or relating to the Plutonian moon named after Styx.
  5. 5
    Dark and gloomy. figuratively, literary

    "The things which the Stygian darkness hid from my objective eye […]"

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  1. 6
    Alternative form of stygian: dark and gloomy, or infernal and hellish. alt-of, alternative

    "Within all was black as the tomb. [...] Feeling before him upon the floor with the butt of his spear, Tarzan entered the Stygian gloom."

  2. 7
    Having a luminosity below 0%.
Adjective
  1. 1
    dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades wordnet
  2. 2
    hellish wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An inhabitant of Styx (a moon of Pluto).

    "Stygians – natives of Styx"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin stygius, from Ancient Greek Στύγιος (Stúgios, “relating to Styx”), from Στύξ (Stúx, “Styx, chief river of underworld”).

Etymology 2

See stygian.

Etymology 3

See stygian.

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