Stygian (adj.)

"pertaining to Styx or the nether world," 1560s, from Latin Stygius, from Greek Stygios, from Styx (genitive Stygos); see Styx.

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Styx

late 14c., the Greek river of the Underworld, literally "the Hateful," cognate with Greek stygos "hatred," stygnos "gloomy," from stygein "to hate, abominate," from PIE *stug-, extended form of root *steu- (1) "to push, stick, knock, beat." Oaths sworn by it were supremely binding and even the gods feared to break them. The adjective is Stygian.

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Stygian (adj.)

hellish; "Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn"- Milton;

Stygian (adj.)

dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades; "upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth;

Synonyms: Acheronian / Acherontic

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