Stygian

See stygian.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈstɪd͡ʒiən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪdʒiən

Stygian (comparative more Stygian, superlative most Stygian)

1. (Greek mythology) Of, by or relating to the river Styx in Greek mythology.
2. (astronomy) Of, by or relating to the Plutonian moon named after Styx.
3. Alternative form of stygian: dark and gloomy, or infernal and hellish.
   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 164:

     Within all was black as the tomb. [...] Feeling before him upon the floor with the butt of his spear, Tarzan entered the Stygian gloom.

Stygian (plural Stygians)

1. (science fiction) An inhabitant of Styx (a moon of Pluto).
   • 1940, Edmond Hamilton, Calling Captain Future, page 55:

     Stygians – natives of Styx

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