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saturnine
[ sat-er-nahyn ]
adjective
- sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- suffering from lead poisoning, as a person.
- due to absorption of lead, as bodily disorders.
saturnine
/ ˌsætəˈnɪnɪtɪ; ˈsætəˌnaɪn /
adjective
- having a gloomy temperament; taciturn
- archaic.
- of or relating to lead
- having or symptomatic of lead poisoning
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Derived Forms
- saturninity, noun
- ˈsaturˌninely, adverb
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Other Words From
- satur·ninely adverb
- satur·nineness sat·ur·nin·i·ty [sat-er-, nin, -i-tee], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of saturnine1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of saturnine1
C15: from French saturnin, from Medieval Latin sāturnīnus (unattested), from Latin Sāturnus Saturn, with reference to the gloomy influence attributed to the planet Saturn
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Example Sentences
He was a slim saturnine-faced man with cigaret-ash stain on a coat lapel.
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The dark, saturnine stranger had shrunk away into the background of his life, and no longer seemed of importance to him.
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I saw him as he strode through the little village, looking neither to right nor left, saturnine of countenance.
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And by the door stood Billy, watching them all like an evil spirit, with a leer of saturnine malice on his evil face.
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The driver, a lean saturnine man who seemed to be forever chewing gum, began to prepare coffee.
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