stygian

See also: Stygian

English

WOTD – 5 May 2009

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈstɪdʒ.i.ən/
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Adjective

stygian (comparative more stygian, superlative most stygian)

  1. Dark and gloomy.
    • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Gods of Mars‎, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
      The things which the Stygian darkness hid from my objective eye …
  2. Infernal or hellish.

Usage notes

  • See also Stygian, which means "of, by or relating to the river Styx".

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