STYGIAN


Meaning of STYGIAN in English

/stij"ee euhn/ , adj.

1. of or pertaining to the river Styx or to Hades.

2. dark or gloomy.

3. infernal; hellish.

Also, stygian (for defs. 2, 3).

[ 1560-70; Stygi ( us ) Stýgios ( Styg-, s. of Stýx STYX + -ios adj. suffix) + -AN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .