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sat⋅ur⋅nine

  [sat-er-nahyn]
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–adjective
1. sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
2. suffering from lead poisoning, as a person.
3. due to absorption of lead, as bodily disorders.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < ML sāturnīnus (see Saturn, -ine 1 )

Related forms:
sat⋅ur⋅nine⋅ly, adverb
sat⋅ur⋅nine⋅ness, sat⋅ur⋅nin⋅i⋅ty  [sat-er-nin-i-tee] , noun
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