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saturnine

[ sat-er-nahyn ]

adjective

  1. sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
  2. suffering from lead poisoning, as a person.
  3. due to absorption of lead, as bodily disorders.


saturnine

/ ˌsætəˈnɪnɪtɪ; ˈsætəˌnaɪn /

adjective

  1. having a gloomy temperament; taciturn
  2. archaic.
    1. of or relating to lead
    2. having or symptomatic of lead poisoning
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • saturninity, noun
  • ˈٳܰˌԾԱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • u·ԾԱl adverb
  • u·ԾԱn ·ܰ·Ծ··ٲ [sat-er-, nin, -i-tee], noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of saturnine1

1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin ٳܰīԳܲ ( Saturn, -ine 1 )
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of saturnine1

C15: from French saturnin, from Medieval Latin ٳܰīԳܲ (unattested), from Latin ٳܰԳܲ Saturn, with reference to the gloomy influence attributed to the planet Saturn
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Cool-kid chefs turning local bounty into Michelin-worthy dishes, an artisan whisky boom and a clutch of stylish hotels have helped Scotland shrug off its saturnine image and rebrand as a misty, moody mecca.

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Waters emerged as its new, more saturnine leader.

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But even in that calm gloom, my eyes slowly acclimated to the 14 grandly saturnine paintings, made by Mark Rothko in the late 1960s.

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Whatever might come, this would not be a tenure of earth tones and lethargy and saturnine expressions.

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Really, though, he’s Bill Murray in a Wes Anderson film, which is to say the ideal grown-up, an embodiment of impish, saturnine charm and eccentric integrity.

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