(adj) showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven, Syn.moody, dour, saturnine, sour, sullen, morose, glum, glowering, Example: 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; a sour temper; a sullen crowd
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Old Chem.) Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Saturnine colic (Med.), lead colic. [ 1913 Webster ]
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