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stygian

adj
/ˈstɪd͡ʒ.i.ən/UK/ˈstɪd͡ʒiən/UK

Etymology

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

  1. derived from Στύγιος — “relating to Styx”
  2. derived from stygius

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of Stygian (“of or relating to the river Styx”).

  2. Infernal or hellish.

  3. Dark and gloomy.

    • The things which the Stygian darkness hid from my objective eye […]
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Having a luminosity below 0%.

    2. Of, by or relating to the river Styx in Greek mythology.

    3. Of, by or relating to the Plutonian moon named after Styx.

    4. Alternative form of stygian

      Alternative form of stygian: dark and gloomy, or infernal and hellish.

      • Within all was black as the tomb. […] Feeling before him upon the floor with the butt of his spear, Tarzan entered the Stygian gloom.
      • Or maybe Trump has designs on hell, viewing it as a totally unexploited real-estate opportunity to create some kind of Stygian Riviera.

    5. An inhabitant of Styx (a moon of Pluto).

      • Stygians – natives of Styx

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Derived

stygobiont

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