Saturnine \Sat"ur*nine\, a. [L. Saturnus the god Saturn, also,
the planet Saturn: cf. F. saturnin of or pertaining to lead
(Saturn, in old chemistry, meaning lead), saturnien
saturnine, saturnian. See Saturn.]
1. Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.
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2. Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of
mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper. --Addison.
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3. (Old Chem.) Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or
resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn.
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Saturnine colic (Med.), lead colic.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
saturnine
adj 1: bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and
the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde
2: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the
proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless
shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and
unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic
young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen
crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody,
morose, sour, sullen]
WordNet (r) 2.0
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "saturnine":
black, bleak, crabbed, dark, dismal, dour, drear, drearisome,
dreary, funebrial, funereal, gloomy, glum, grave, gray, grim,
moping, morose, reserved, serious, silent, solemn, somber,
sombrous, staid, sulky, surly, taciturn, triste, ugly,
uncommunicative, weariful, wearisome, weary
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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