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Acherontic, a.|ækəˈrɒntɪk|
[ad. L. acherontic-us adj. f. Acheron, -ontem.]
Of or belonging to Acheron, infernal; hence, dark, gloomy; also, waiting to cross the river of death, tottering on the brink of the grave, moribund.
1600Tourneur Metamorph. xviii. 121 To shrowde her safe from Acheronticke mistes. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. iii. iv. ii. (1676) 379/2 An old acherontic dizzard, that hath one foot in the grave. 1860All Y. Round No. 43. 404 At night they [owls] fill these Acherontic woods with demon hooting. |