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ACHERONIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Acheronian mean?
• ACHERONIAN (adjective)
The adjective ACHERONIAN has 1 sense:
1. dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
Familiarity information: ACHERONIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
Synonyms:
Acheronian; Acherontic; Stygian
Context example:
upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue
Similar:
dark (devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black)
Derivation:
Acheron ((Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon)
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