† Saturnicaladj.

Forms: 1500s–1600s Saturnical, 1600s Saturnecall, 1600s Saturnicall.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Saturn n., -ical suffix.

Etymology: < Saturn n. + -ical suffix, after classical Latin Sāturnius (see Saturnian adj.¹). Compare earlier Saturnian adj.¹, saturnine adj.

Obsolete.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the god Saturn.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > relating to Saturn

Saturnical1561

Saturnian1592

1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xxxv. 221 A Saturnical or golden age [L. Saturnia aut aurea secula].

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 67 Thus toe Venus turning spake thee Saturnical empresse [sc. Juno, daughter of Saturn; L. Saturnia].

1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence iii. 80 Seater alias Crodo was also mistaken for Saturnus, not in regard of any saturnical qualitie.

2. Saturnine, gloomy, melancholy.In quot. ?1574: ill-fated, unfortunate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [adjective] > saturnine

darkc1440

saturninea1450

Saturnlike1569

Saturnical?1574

Saturnian1583

saturnious1591

saturnic1820

?1574 A. Tyrrell Let. in J. Morris Troubles Catholic Forefathers (1875) (modernized text) 301 We came in I think a saturnical hour, for the old drab began upon us so to lower, that..her look would have made the devil himself afraid.

1616 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 134 I think it is the saturnecall humor of the ould king.

1652 E. Peyton Divine Catastrophe Stuarts 135 Nor leane; nor too Saturnicall, nor too Jovial, but in a golden temper.

a1683 P. Warwick Mem. Reign Charles I (1701) 33 Where this malevolent saturnical man, named Felton,..gave him that mortal wound.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	saturnical
释义	† Saturnicaladj. Forms: 1500s–1600s Saturnical, 1600s Saturnecall, 1600s Saturnicall. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Saturn n., -ical suffix. Etymology: < Saturn n. + -ical suffix, after classical Latin Sāturnius (see Saturnian adj.¹). Compare earlier Saturnian adj.¹, saturnine adj. Obsolete. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the god Saturn. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > relating to Saturn Saturnical1561 Saturnian1592 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xxxv. 221 A Saturnical or golden age [L. Saturnia aut aurea secula]. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 67 Thus toe Venus turning spake thee Saturnical empresse [sc. Juno, daughter of Saturn; L. Saturnia]. 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence iii. 80 Seater alias Crodo was also mistaken for Saturnus, not in regard of any saturnical qualitie. 2. Saturnine, gloomy, melancholy.In quot. ?1574: ill-fated, unfortunate. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [adjective] > saturnine darkc1440 saturninea1450 Saturnlike1569 Saturnical?1574 Saturnian1583 saturnious1591 saturnic1820 ?1574 A. Tyrrell Let. in J. Morris Troubles Catholic Forefathers (1875) (modernized text) 301 We came in I think a saturnical hour, for the old drab began upon us so to lower, that..her look would have made the devil himself afraid. 1616 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 134 I think it is the saturnecall humor of the ould king. 1652 E. Peyton Divine Catastrophe Stuarts 135 Nor leane; nor too Saturnicall, nor too Jovial, but in a golden temper. a1683 P. Warwick Mem. Reign Charles I (1701) 33 Where this malevolent saturnical man, named Felton,..gave him that mortal wound. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1561
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