OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 24254

saturnine

/ˈsætənaɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
saturnina • saturnino • soturna • soturno
Of a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy
He [Samuel Johnson] said, "Mr. [John] Wesley's conversation is good; he talks well on any subject; I could converse with him all night." But Dr. Johnson would certainly not have ex…
I may cast my readers under two general divisions: the mercurial and the saturnine. The first are the gay part of my disciples, who require speculations of wit and humour; the othe…