Acherontic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Acherontic \Ach`e*ron"tic\, a.
     Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy;
     moribund.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Acherontic
       adj : dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades;
             "in the depths of an Acheronian forest"; "upon those
             roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth [syn: {Acheronian},
              {Stygian}]