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1. (adj.) Stygian
of or pertaining to the river Styx or to the underworld of Greek and Roman myth.
2. Stygian
(often l.c.) dark or gloomy.
3. Stygian
(often l.c.) infernal; hellish.
Etymology: (1560–70; < L Stygi(us) < Gk Stýgios (adj. der. of Stýx, s. Styg-Styx ) + -an1)
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1. (adj) Stygian
hellish
"Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn"- Milton
2. (adj) Acheronian, Acherontic, Stygian
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
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) stygian
of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal. See Styx
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