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saturnine

Meaningthe god Saturn

Common meaning: gloomy or solemn in temperament

Journey through time

  1. LatinSaturnus‘the god Saturn’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsthe god Saturn → melancholysaturnin‘melancholy’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsmelancholy → gloomy or solemn in temperamentsaturnine‘gloomy or solemn in temperament’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin Saturnus ‘the god Saturn’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SATURNINE, p. 526 · dictionary scan

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