Meaning of STYGIAN
| Pronunciation: | | 'stijeeun
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | Acheronian, Acherontic, dark, infernal |
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| | Definition: | | \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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