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Stigian

Stigian is the obsolete spelling of Stygian.

Meaning of Stygian

Adjective

Stygian (comparative more Stygian, superlative most Stygian)

  1. (Greek) Of, by or relating to the river Styx in Greek mythology.
    • But then, what though the mystic Three
      Around me ply their merry trade? —
      And Charon soon may carry me
      Across the gloomy Stygian glade?1897, Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Ballade by the Fire”, in Children of the Night
  2. Of, by or relating to the Plutonian moon named after Styx.

See all 6 meanings of stygian

Forms of Stigian

comparativemore Stigian
superlativemost Stigian

Questions about Stigian

What is Stigian the obsolete spelling of?
Stigian is the obsolete spelling of Stygian.

Words near Stigian in the dictionary

  1. Stiger
  2. Stigers
  3. Stigger
  4. Stiggers
  5. stight
  6. Stigian
  7. Stigler
  8. Stigler's law
  9. Stiglitz
  10. stigma
  11. stigmal

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