saturnine

Etymology


From, , , , , , from , (modern 🇨🇬), or directly from its  , from  + ; analysable as. The English word is cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Sense 1 (“having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.”) refers to the fact that individuals born under the astrological influence of the planet Saturn were believed to have that disposition.

Adjective

 * 1)  Of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, sarcastic, and slow to change and react.
 * 2)  Of a setting: depressing, dull, gloomy.
 * 3)  Of, pertaining to, or containing lead (which was symbolically associated with the planet Saturn by alchemists).
 * 4)  Caused or affected by lead poisoning (saturnism).
 * 5)  Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Saturn; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).
 * 1)  Of a setting: depressing, dull, gloomy.
 * 2)  Of, pertaining to, or containing lead (which was symbolically associated with the planet Saturn by alchemists).
 * 3)  Caused or affected by lead poisoning (saturnism).
 * 4)  Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Saturn; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).
 * 1)  Of a setting: depressing, dull, gloomy.
 * 2)  Of, pertaining to, or containing lead (which was symbolically associated with the planet Saturn by alchemists).
 * 3)  Caused or affected by lead poisoning (saturnism).
 * 4)  Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Saturn; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).
 * 1)  Of, pertaining to, or containing lead (which was symbolically associated with the planet Saturn by alchemists).
 * 2)  Caused or affected by lead poisoning (saturnism).
 * 3)  Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Saturn; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).
 * 1)  Caused or affected by lead poisoning (saturnism).
 * 2)  Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Saturn; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).
 * 1)  Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Saturn; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).
 * 1)  Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Saturn; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * German:
 * Italian:, saturnina
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: blytung,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, , soturno, soturna


 * Bulgarian: оловен
 * Catalan: saturní, saturnina
 * French: ,
 * Occitan: saturnin, adornin, sadornin, savornin
 * Picard: saturnin