stygian

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective hellish; - Milton
  2. adjective dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades; ; -Wordsworth

Etymology

From Latin stygius, from Ancient Greek Στύγιος (Stúgios, “relating to Styx”), from Στύξ (Stúx, “Styx, chief river of underworld”).

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