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Webster 1913 Edition

Stygian

Styg′i-an

(stĭj′ĭ-an)
,
Adj.
[L.
Stygius
, fr.
Styx
,
Stygis
, Gr.
Στύξ
,
Στυγός
, 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stygian

STYGIAN

,
Adj.
[L.] Pertaining to Styx, fabled by the ancients to be a river of hell over which the shades of the dead passed, or the region of the dead; hence, hellish; infernal.
At that so sudden blaze, the Stygian throng bent their aspect.

Definition 2024

Stygian

Stygian

See also: stygian

English

Adjective

Stygian ‎(comparative more Stygian, superlative most Stygian)

  1. Of, by or relating to the river Styx.
  2. Alternative form of stygian: dark and gloomy, or infernal and hellish.

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stygian

stygian

See also: Stygian

English

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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Etymology

See stygian.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈstɪdʒ.i.ən/

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