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Saturn /satˈərn/ noun- The ancient Roman god of agriculture
- Commonly used for the Greek Kronos, with whom he came to be identified
- The second in size and sixth in distance from the sun of the major planets, believed by the astrologers to induce a cold, melancholy, gloomy temperament
- The metal lead (alchemy)
ORIGIN: L Sāturnus, from serere, satum to sow Saturnāˈlia plural noun (Roman hist) - The festival of Saturn in mid-December, a time of great gift-giving and revelry when slaves had temporary freedom
- Hence (often as sing without cap) a wild party or orgy
saturnāˈlian adjective - Of the Saturnalia
- Riotously merry
Saturˈnia /sat- or sət-/ noun A genus of very large moths Saturˈnian adjective - Relating to Saturn, whose legendary reign was called the golden age
- Hence happy, pure, simple
- In the metre in which early Latin poems were written
- Of the planet Saturn
- Saturnine
noun- A person born under Saturn, or of saturnine temperament
- The son of Saturn (Jupiter or Zeus)
- A fancied inhabitant of Saturn
saturˈnic adjective (medicine) Suffering from lead-poisoning saturniid /-ni-id/ noun Any large moth of the family Saturniidae, incl the emperor moth (also adjective) satˈurnine adjective - Grave
- Gloomy
- Phlegmatic
- Caused or poisoned by lead
satˈurninely adverb satˈurnism noun Lead-poisoning satˈurnist noun (obsolete) A gloomy person Saturn's tree noun An arborescent deposit of lead from a solution of a lead salt |