About The Word Saturnine
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Saturnine
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What's The Definition Of Saturnine?
[adj] showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"
[adj] bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde Synonyms | Synonyms for Saturnine: dark | dour | glowering | glum | ill-natured | moody | morose | sarcastic | sour | sullen Related Terms | Find terms related to Saturnine: See Also | Saturnine In Webster's Dictionary \Sat"ur*nine\, a. [L. Saturnus the god Saturn, also,
the planet Saturn: cf. F. saturnin of or pertaining to lead
(Saturn, in old chemistry, meaning lead), saturnien
saturnine, saturnian. See {Saturn}.]
1. Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.
2. Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of
{mercurial}; as, a saturnine person or temper. --Addison.
3. (Old Chem.) Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or
resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn.
[Archaic]
{Saturnine colic} (Med.), lead colic.
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