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Saturnine   Listen
adjective
Saturnine  adj.  
1.
Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.
2.
Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper.
3.
(Old Chem.) Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn. (Archaic)
Saturnine colic (Med.), lead colic.





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"Saturnine" Quotes from Famous Books



... pretty well and bade her think no more about the man, I very soon had reason to be of her opinion. Two or three days later, as I was sawing planks in the yard, to make a trellis, that saturnine person came in, resplendently dressed, and filled the wholesome place with the reek of his essences. He saluted me with extravagant politeness, telling me that he had words for my private ear which he was sure would interest ...
— The Fool Errant • Maurice Hewlett
... side of it 'ud do 'im good!" pronounced the stoker, who was as thin and saturnine as the engineer was stout ...
— Golden Stories - A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers • Various
... company thinks it worth while to ransom you," retorted his youngish, saturnine companion, who ...
— In the Orbit of Saturn • Roman Frederick Starzl
... of that buoyant disposition which comes always heralded by a smile, as a yacht driven by a favoring breeze carries a wreath of sparkling foam before her, are born with their happiness ready made. They cannot help being cheerful any more than their saturnine fellow-mortal can help seeing everything through the cloud he carries with him. I give you the precept, then, Be cheerful, for just what it is worth, as I would recommend to you to be six feet, or at least five feet ten, in stature. You cannot settle ...
— Over the Teacups • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
... sapphire, stood the image of Saturn in elutian (Motteux reads 'Eliacim.') lead, with his scythe in his hand, and at his feet a crane of gold, very artfully enamelled, according to the native hue of the saturnine bird. ...
— Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. • Francois Rabelais


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