Acheronianadj.

Brit.

/ˌakəˈrəʊnɪən/, U.S.

/ˌækəˈroʊniən/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Acheron n., -ian suffix.

Etymology: < Acheron n. + -ian suffix. Compare earlier Acherontic adj.

Chiefly literary.

Of, relating to, or suggestive of the underworld of the ancient Greeks, or the mythical river Acheron (see Acheron n.); infernal, hellish; dark, gloomy.In quot. 1773: designating a region in Egypt said by the author to have influenced this aspect of Greek mythology.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [adjective]

nethereOE

hellena1225

infernalc1374

infern?a1513

hellish1530

helly1532

Avernal?1548

hellic1566

subterrestrial1592

Plutonic1596

Acherontic1597

Plutonical1599

Stygian1601

subterranean1603

Plutonian1604

Acherontical1610

subterraneous1631

subterraneal1643

Tophetical1684

pandemoniac1793

submundane1805

subterrene1809

netherworld1828

pandemonic1833

Acheronian1849

transacherontic1854

Avernian1864

trans-Stygian1899

1773 J. Bryant New Syst. I. 439 The region of the catacombs was called the Acheronian and Acherusian plain..: and the stream, which ran by it, had the name of Acheron.]

1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 20/2 Sorrowing Gallia smiles again; And, leaving the abodes of men, To Acheronian regions fell.

1888 Puck 6 June 249/1 What has become of those bristling horrors of anarchy,..which but a little while ago hovered like an Acheronian cloud over the broad sheets of our daily press?

1905 J. Douglas Man in Pulpit xxxii. 144 The Thames is a symphony of Acheronian gloom.

2007 Atlanta (Georgia) Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 30 Nov. (Movies & More section) 2 Pray tell, what does the perspicacious Mr. Smithee believe to be the most acheronian, melancholy and tenebrific of this morose sub-genre?

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acheronian
释义	Acheronianadj. Brit. /ˌakəˈrəʊnɪən/, U.S. /ˌækəˈroʊniən/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Acheron n., -ian suffix. Etymology: < Acheron n. + -ian suffix. Compare earlier Acherontic adj. Chiefly literary. Of, relating to, or suggestive of the underworld of the ancient Greeks, or the mythical river Acheron (see Acheron n.); infernal, hellish; dark, gloomy.In quot. 1773: designating a region in Egypt said by the author to have influenced this aspect of Greek mythology. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [adjective] nethereOE hellena1225 infernalc1374 infern?a1513 hellish1530 helly1532 Avernal?1548 hellic1566 subterrestrial1592 Plutonic1596 Acherontic1597 Plutonical1599 Stygian1601 subterranean1603 Plutonian1604 Acherontical1610 subterraneous1631 subterraneal1643 Tophetical1684 pandemoniac1793 submundane1805 subterrene1809 netherworld1828 pandemonic1833 Acheronian1849 transacherontic1854 Avernian1864 trans-Stygian1899 1773 J. Bryant New Syst. I. 439 The region of the catacombs was called the Acheronian and Acherusian plain..: and the stream, which ran by it, had the name of Acheron.] 1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 20/2 Sorrowing Gallia smiles again; And, leaving the abodes of men, To Acheronian regions fell. 1888 Puck 6 June 249/1 What has become of those bristling horrors of anarchy,..which but a little while ago hovered like an Acheronian cloud over the broad sheets of our daily press? 1905 J. Douglas Man in Pulpit xxxii. 144 The Thames is a symphony of Acheronian gloom. 2007 Atlanta (Georgia) Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 30 Nov. (Movies & More section) 2 Pray tell, what does the perspicacious Mr. Smithee believe to be the most acheronian, melancholy and tenebrific of this morose sub-genre? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1849
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