acherontic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
    Stygian; Acheronian.
    • in the depths of an Acheronian forest
    • upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth

WordNet


Ach`e*ron"tic adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund.

Webster 1913