Definition of Saturnine

Sat´ur`nine
a.1.Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.
2.Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; - the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper.
3.(Old Chem.) Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn.
Saturnine colic
(Med.) lead colic.


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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


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