|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| Styg·i·an [ stíjjee ən ] |
adjective |
|
| Definition: |
| |
1. pitch-black: unremittingly dark and frightening, as hell is imagined to be
(
literary
)
|
2. of Styx: relating to the Styx, the river in Greek mythology that the souls of the dead were ferried across into Hades
|
3. binding: eternally binding, as were promises sworn on the banks of the river Styx in Greek mythology
(
literary
)
|
| [Mid-16th century. < Latin Stygius< Greek Stugios< Stux "the Styx"] |
|
|
|
