Word of the Day 03/24/24 Stygian

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Stygian (adjective)
Stygian [ stij-ee-uhn ]

adjective
1. of or relating to the river Styx or to Hades.
2. dark or gloomy.
3. infernal; hellish.

Also styg·i·an (for defs. 2, 3).

OTHER WORDS FROM STYGIAN
trans-Styg·i·an, adjective

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ORIGIN: 1560–70; < Latin Stygi(us) < Greek Stýgios (Styg-, stem of StýxStyx + -ios adj. suffix) + -an

HOW TO USE STYGIAN IN A SENTENCE
A narrow loophole barely filtered through a pale ray of light into that semi-Stygian darkness.
THE PILGRIM'S SHELL OR FERGAN THE QUARRYMAN | EUGNE SUE

It was not the sort of night we know on earth, but a Stygian blackness.
THE FIRE PEOPLE | RAY CUMMINGS

The night had become inky-black; the town was in a valley and the shadow of trees and houses made the darkness even more Stygian.
THE ONSLAUGHT FROM RIGEL | FLETCHER PRATT

One of the Stygian vessels, the Despair, was sunk by the Hope.
OLD FARM FAIRIES: | HENRY CHRISTOPHER MCCOOK

Then the Stygian darkness of the great pines grew; and the silence of wonder fell on the two quarrellers.
WERWOLVES | ELLIOTT O'DONNELL

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