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Stygian
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stygian
English
Etymology
See en stygian.
Pronunciation
en /ˈstɪd͡ʒiən/ UK,US
en en-us-stygian.ogg US
en ɪdʒiən 3
Adjective
en Greek mythology Of, by or relating to the river Styx in Greek mythology.
en 1897 Ballade by the Fire Children of the Night (poetry collection) Children of the Night w:Edwin Arlington Robinson https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/313/pg313-images.html But then, what though the mystic ThreeAround me ply their merry trade? —And Charon soon may carry meAcross the gloomy Stygian glade?
en astronomy Of, by or relating to the Plutonian moon named after Styx.
en figurative en stygian: dark and gloomy, or infernal and hellish.
Within all was black as the tomb. Feeling before him upon the floor with the butt of his spear, Tarzan entered the Stygian gloom.
w:Marina Hyde Is the pope Catholic? JD Vance thinks he has an answer 2026-04-17 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/17/pope-leo-jd-vance-donald-trump-catholicism Or maybe Trump has designs on hell, viewing it as a totally unexploited real-estate opportunity to create some kind of Stygian Riviera. https://web.archive.org/web/20261017234808/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/17/pope-leo-jd-vance-donald-trump-catholicism 17 October 2026
Translations
of, or relating to the river Styx
Catalan: ca estigi
Esperanto: eo stiksa
French: fr stygien
German: de stygisch
Italian: it stigio
Latin: la Stygius, la stygius
Portuguese: pt estígio
Russian: ru стиги́йский m
Serbo-Croatian: sh stigijski m, sh стигијски m
Spanish: es estigio
Swedish: sv stygisk
dark, gloomy
Afrikaans: af donker, af somber
Albanian: sq errët
Armenian: hy մռայլ
German: de düster, de duster
Noun
en science fiction An inhabitant of Styx (a moon of Pluto).
en 1940 55 Edmond Hamilton Calling Captain Future Stygians – natives of Styx
Anagrams
en aginsty staying
en Celestial inhabitants