I. səˈtərnēən adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Latin saturni us Saturnian (from Saturnus sixth major planet from the sun and the most remote planet known to the ancients, from Saturnus Roman god connected with the sowing of seed) + English -an
1. : of, relating to, resembling, or influenced by the planet Saturn
2. archaic : of or relating to the god Saturn or his flourishing era conceived of as a golden age
a new social order … to bring back the saturnian era to the world — Thomas Carlyle
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
1. : a hypothetical inhabitant of the planet Saturn
2. : one that has a well-developed Mount of Saturn and a long and large finger of Saturn and that is usually held by palmists to be characterized by prudence, sobriety, cynicism, and often gloom
the Saturnian is predisposed to suicide as an end to his woes — W.G.Benham
3. : saturnian verse