About The Word Stygian
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Stygian
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What's The Definition Of Stygian?
[adj] 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
[adj] hellish; "Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn"- Milton Synonyms | Synonyms for Stygian: Acheronian | Acherontic | dark | infernal Related Terms | Find terms related to Stygian: See Also | Stygian In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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