† saturniousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Saturnine, gloomy.
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1591 F. Sparry tr. C. de Cattan Geomancie iii. xxvii. 229 It shall be by Saturnyous, melancholy and vitious men [Fr. par gens Saturniens, melancoliques & vicieux].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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