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   saturnine

   /ˈsatənʌɪn/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or their manner) gloomy: "a saturnine temperament" Similar gloomysombremelancholymelancholicmoodymiserablelugubriousdourglumunsmilinghumourlessgrumpybad-temperedtaciturnuncommunicativeunresponsiveOpposite cheerfuljovial
   • ▪ (of a person or their features) dark in colouring and moody or mysterious: "his saturnine face and dark, watchful eyes" Similar swarthydarkdark-skinneddark-complexionedmysteriousmercurialmoody
   • ▪ (of a place or an occasion) gloomy: "a saturnine setting"
   • 2. relating to lead. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a term in astrology): from Old French saturnin, from medieval Latin Saturninus ‘of Saturn’ (identified with lead by the alchemists and associated with slowness and gloom by astrologers).

   Derivatives

   • 1. saturninely adverb

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