Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Q&A about words tip of the tongue
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
The adjective 'stygian' means dark, basically. Interesting to know how this applies to the Styx, if that was
the river of hate.
I understand that stygian does come from Styx, and that it means dark because the Styx is in Hades - a dark, gloomy, even stygian place.
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,915Posts230,003Members9,198 Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish
9,198 Registered Users
Who's Online Now 0 members (), 735 guests, and 7 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 13
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 10,965tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,956Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org