| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades.[Wordnet]
2. Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund.[Websters] 3. Being dark, gloomy, obscure, dusky or sombre.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "Acherontic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1860. (references) |
