Acheronticadj.n.

Brit.

/ak(ə)ˈrɒntɪk/, U.S.

/ˌækəˈrɑntɪk/

Forms: 1500s Acharonticke, 1600s Acheronticke, 1600s– Acherontic, 1700s Acherontick. Also with lower case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin acheronticus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin acheronticus of or belonging to Acheron or the underworld (4th cent.) < classical Latin Acheront- , Acherōn Acheron n. + -icus -ic suffix. Compare Middle French acheronique (1501).

Chiefly literary.

Of or relating to Acheron (see Acheron n.); infernal, hellish; dark, gloomy. Also as n.In quot. 1621: that is on the brink of death, moribund.

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

the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > dying

deadlyc893

swelting?a1400

dyingc1450

at (the) utterance1525

in (the, his) extremes1551

parting1562

Acherontic1597

ending1600

departing1603

on one's last legs1614

expiring1635

mortifying1649

morient1679

upon one's last stretch1680

gasping1681

à la mort1700

moribund1721

outward-bound1809

terminal1854

on the brink of the grave1872

defunctive1929

the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [adjective] > of classical mythology

hellish1557

Acherontic1597

Tartareal1602

Tartareous1619

Tartarean1623

Tartarine1656

Hadean1845

Tartarian1864

Tartaraean1872

1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. xvii. sig. X4 Tis gloomy darknesse, sins eternall detter, Tis poysoned buds, from Acharonticke stalke.

1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. B5 To shrowde her safe from Acheronticke mistes.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. iii. iv. ii. 701 An old Acheronticke dizard, that hath one foote in his graue.

1733 E. Phillips Stage-mutineers 10 By Cocytus or Lethean Pool, by the black Streams of the Acherontick Flood, and Styx's Lake, I will affirm it Truth.

1860 All Year Round 18 Feb. 404 At night they [sc. owls] fill these Acherontic woods with demon hooting.

1919 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 39 136 We find him euhemerising the descent into the Acherontic regions.

1996 N.Y. Times 20 Feb. c18/6 The mien is, yes, doleful, the image verges on the acherontic, the look of souls confronting hell.

2006 M. Moseley Being for Myself Alone iv. 214 Berdichevsky, in his plumbing of the Acherontic layers of Jewish consciousness levels an implicit..critique.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acherontic
释义	Acheronticadj.n. Brit. /ak(ə)ˈrɒntɪk/, U.S. /ˌækəˈrɑntɪk/ Forms: 1500s Acharonticke, 1600s Acheronticke, 1600s– Acherontic, 1700s Acherontick. Also with lower case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin acheronticus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin acheronticus of or belonging to Acheron or the underworld (4th cent.) < classical Latin Acheront- , Acherōn Acheron n. + -icus -ic suffix. Compare Middle French acheronique (1501). Chiefly literary. Of or relating to Acheron (see Acheron n.); infernal, hellish; dark, gloomy. Also as n.In quot. 1621: that is on the brink of death, moribund. 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 the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > dying deadlyc893 swelting?a1400 dyingc1450 at (the) utterance1525 in (the, his) extremes1551 parting1562 Acherontic1597 ending1600 departing1603 on one's last legs1614 expiring1635 mortifying1649 morient1679 upon one's last stretch1680 gasping1681 à la mort1700 moribund1721 outward-bound1809 terminal1854 on the brink of the grave1872 defunctive1929 the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [adjective] > of classical mythology hellish1557 Acherontic1597 Tartareal1602 Tartareous1619 Tartarean1623 Tartarine1656 Hadean1845 Tartarian1864 Tartaraean1872 1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. xvii. sig. X4 Tis gloomy darknesse, sins eternall detter, Tis poysoned buds, from Acharonticke stalke. 1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. B5 To shrowde her safe from Acheronticke mistes. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. iii. iv. ii. 701 An old Acheronticke dizard, that hath one foote in his graue. 1733 E. Phillips Stage-mutineers 10 By Cocytus or Lethean Pool, by the black Streams of the Acherontick Flood, and Styx's Lake, I will affirm it Truth. 1860 All Year Round 18 Feb. 404 At night they [sc. owls] fill these Acherontic woods with demon hooting. 1919 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 39 136 We find him euhemerising the descent into the Acherontic regions. 1996 N.Y. Times 20 Feb. c18/6 The mien is, yes, doleful, the image verges on the acherontic, the look of souls confronting hell. 2006 M. Moseley Being for Myself Alone iv. 214 Berdichevsky, in his plumbing of the Acherontic layers of Jewish consciousness levels an implicit..critique. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1597
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