Saturnine

3 definitions found

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

  Saturnine \Sat"ur*nine\, a. [L. Saturnus the god Saturn, also,
     the planet Saturn: cf. F. saturnin of or pertaining to lead
     (Saturn, in old chemistry, meaning lead), saturnien
     saturnine, saturnian. See {Saturn}.]
     1. Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.
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     2. Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of
        {mercurial}; as, a saturnine person or temper. --Addison.
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     3. (Old Chem.) Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or
        resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn.
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     {Saturnine colic} (Med.), lead colic.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  saturnine
       adj 1: bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and
              the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde
       2: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the
          proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless
          shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and
          unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic
          young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen
          crowd" [syn: {dark}, {dour}, {glowering}, {glum}, {moody},
           {morose}, {sour}, {sullen}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "saturnine":
     black, bleak, crabbed, dark, dismal, dour, drear, drearisome,
     dreary, funebrial, funereal, gloomy, glum, grave, gray, grim,
     moping, morose, reserved, serious, silent, solemn, somber,
     sombrous, staid, sulky, surly, taciturn, triste, ugly,
     uncommunicative, weariful, wearisome, weary