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saturnine

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3 syllables
9 characters
English (US)
3syllables

saturnine

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saturnine is a polysyllabic word with 3 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, saturnine is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofsaturnine

1adjective
  • Of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, sarcastic, and slow to change and react.

    Synonyms: dark, grim, sardonic

  • Of a setting: depressing, dull, gloomy.
  • Of, pertaining to, or containing lead (which was symbolically associated with the planet Saturn by alchemists).
  • Of a disease: caused by lead poisoning (saturnism); of a person: affected by lead poisoning.
  • Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Saturn; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).

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