单词 | Acherontic |
释义 | Acherontic (once / 984943 pages) adj WORD FAMILY Acheron: Acherons, Acherontic USAGE EXAMPLESSo it’s certainly correct to call Mr. Scarlett’s work “Acherontic,” a word whose dictionary meanings include “infernal, gloomy, waiting to cross Acheron, moribund.” New York Times(Feb 02, 2014) The artist had evidently a picture of Charon and his Acherontic boat in his mind, which was thus reproduced in his feverish dreams. Vere, Maximilian Schele de, Modern Magic(2012) I wondered how of late our Acherontic shore Grew thin, and hell unpeopled of her store; Charon, for want of use, forgot his oar. Scott, Walter, Sir, The works of John Dryden, now firs...(2010) adj dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades Syn Acheronian, Stygian dark devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black |
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