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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
/ ˈsætəˌnaɪn; ˌsætəˈnɪnɪtɪ /
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
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Example Sentences
He was a slim saturnine-faced man with cigaret-ash stain on a coat lapel.
The dark, saturnine stranger had shrunk away into the background of his life, and no longer seemed of importance to him.
I saw him as he strode through the little village, looking neither to right nor left, saturnine of countenance.
And by the door stood Billy, watching them all like an evil spirit, with a leer of saturnine malice on his evil face.
The driver, a lean saturnine man who seemed to be forever chewing gum, began to prepare coffee.
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