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Phlegethontic, fleg-e-thon′tik, adj. pertaining to or resembling the river Phlegethon, a mythological river of the infernal regions, whose waves rolled torrents of fire, flowing into the lake of Acheron.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

His soul was but a black gulf into which poured the Phlegethontic cataract of their conversation.

From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George