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▸ adjective:  (comparable) Of a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy
▸ adjective:  (comparable) Of a setting: depressing, dull, gloomy.
▸ adjective:  (comparable, chemistry, archaic) Of, pertaining to, or containing lead (which was symbolically associated with the planet Saturn by alchemists).
▸ adjective:  (not comparable, pathology) Caused or affected by lead poisoning (saturnism).
▸ adjective:  (not comparable, astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Saturn; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).
▸ adjective:  Of or relating to the ancient Roman god Saturn.




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