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Styg⋅i⋅an

  [stij-ee-uhn]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the river Styx or to Hades.
2. dark or gloomy.
3. infernal; hellish.
Also, styg⋅i⋅an (for defs. 2, 3).

Origin:
1560–70; < L Stygi(us) < Gk Stýgios (Styg-, s. of Stýx Styx + -ios adj. suffix) + -an
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styg·i·an also Styg·i·an   (stĭj'ē-ən)   
adj.  
    1. Gloomy and dark.
    2. Infernal; hellish.
  2. Of or relating to the river Styx.

[From Latin Stygius, from Greek Stugios, from Stux, Stug-, Styx.]
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Stygian

Styg"i*an\, a. [L. Stygius, fr. Styx, Stygis, Gr. ?, ?, the Styx.] Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal. See Styx.

At that so sudden blaze, the Stygian throng Bent their aspect. --Milton.
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Stygian 
"pertaining to Styx or the nether world," 1566, from L. Stygius, from Gk. Stygios, from Styx (gen. Stygos); see Styx.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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