Words Seldom Seen: Saturnine

Saturnine

Adjective: Exhibiting a gloomy, surly, sardonic attitude. Basically a downer. Has astrological implications Saturn being its root.

Example: “The mood was saturnine after the news of the disaster at the front.”

Pronunciation

The photo is of a piece of art created from driftwood. We were diving in Curacao and this fish was in one of the few restaurants in the West end. I admire creativity but especially with found art.


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