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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Saturnine \Sat"ur*nine\, a. [L. Saturnus the god Saturn, also,
the planet Saturn: cf. F. saturnin of or pertaining to lead
(Saturn, in old chemistry, meaning lead), saturnien
saturnine, saturnian. See Saturn.]
1. Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.
[1913 Webster]
2. Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of
mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Old Chem.) Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or
resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn.
[Archaic]
[1913 Webster]
Saturnine colic (Med.), lead colic.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Saturnine \Sat"ur*nine\, a. [L. Saturnus the god Saturn, also,
the planet Saturn: cf. F. saturnin of or pertaining to lead
(Saturn, in old chemistry, meaning lead), saturnien
saturnine, saturnian. See Saturn.]
1. Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.
2. Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of
mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper. --Addison.
3. (Old Chem.) Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or
resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn.
[Archaic]
Saturnine colic (Med.), lead colic.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
saturnine
adj 1: bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and
the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde
2: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the
proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless
shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and
unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic
young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen
crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody,
morose, sour, sullen]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
saturnine
French a.
(feminine singular of fr saturnin)
Italian a.
(feminine plural of it saturnino)
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Saturnine
Latin n.
(inflection of la Sāturnīnus voc s)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
saturnine
a.
1 (lb en comparable) Of a person: having a tendency to be cold,
bitter, gloomy, sarcastic, and slow to change and react.
2 (lb en comparable) Of a setting#Noun: depressing#Adjective, dull,
gloomy.
3 (lb en comparable chemistry archaic) Of, pertaining to, or
containing lead#Noun (which was symbolically associated with the planet
Saturn by alchemists).
4 (lb en not comparable pathology) cause#Verb or affect#Verb by lead
poisoning (saturnism).
5 (lb en not comparable astrology obsolete) Pertaining to the
astrological influence#Noun of the planet Saturn; having the
characteristic#Noun of a person under such influence ''(see sense 1)''.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
Saturnine
a.
Of or relating to the ancient Roman god Saturn.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
saturnine
French a.
(feminine singular of fr saturnin)
Italian a.
(feminine plural of it saturnino)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Saturnine
Latin n.
(inflection of la Sāturnīnus voc s)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
saturnine
French a.
(feminine singular of fr saturnin)
Italian a.
(feminine plural of it saturnino)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Saturnine
Latin n.
(inflection of la Sāturnīnus voc s)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Saturnine /sˈatənˌaɪn/
كئيب
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
saturnine //-nɪn// //-ˌnin// //ˈsætənaɪn// //ˈsætɚˌnaɪn// /[-ɾɚ-]/
1. оловен
2. мрачен, навъсен
of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
saturnine /sˈatənˌaɪn/
zachmuřelý
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
saturnine /sˈatənˌaɪn/
zasmušilý
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
saturnine /sˈatənˌaɪn/
düster, finster
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
saturnine /sˈatənˌaɪn/
1. उदास
"She was very saturnine as her husband didn't return."
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
saturnine /sˈatənˌaɪn/
olovni
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
saturnine /sˈatənˌaɪn/
1. mogorva
2. ólom-
3. sötét
4. ólommérgezésbôl eredô
5. mord
6. ólommérgezéses
7. komor
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
saturnine /sˈatənˌaɪn/
1. sıkıcı, kasvetli
2. asık yüzlü, abus çehreli: (eski), (kim.) kurşuna ait
3. (tıb.) kurşundan oluşan.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "saturnine":
black, bleak, crabbed, dark, dismal, dour, drear, drearisome,
dreary, funebrial, funereal, gloomy, glum, grave, gray, grim,
moping, morose, reserved, serious, silent, solemn, somber,
sombrous, staid, sulky, surly, taciturn, triste, ugly,
uncommunicative, weariful, wearisome, weary
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 沉默寡言的,忧沉的,感染铅毒的;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 沉默寡言的,阴沉的,感染铅毒的
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