| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb avernianly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (avernianly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective avernian.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "AVERNIAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: AVERNIAN
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania in Italy, famous for its poisonous qualities, which the poets represent as so malignant, as to kill fowls flying over. Hence, as authors tell us, its name, without birds.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
