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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.
        [1913 Webster]

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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