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stygian

[stij-ee-uh

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adjective

of or pertaining to the river Styx or to Hades.

dark or gloomy.

infernal; hellish.

Also, styg·i·an (for defs. 2, 3).

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

Related forms

trans-Styg·i·an, adjective

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Stygian (ˈstɪdʒɪən)

—*adj*
1.	of or relating to the river Styx
2.	literary chiefly
	a. dark, gloomy, or hellish
	b. completely inviolable, as a vow sworn by the river Styx

[C16: from Latin Stygius, from Greek Stugios, from StuxStyx; related to stugein to hate]

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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.

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