Pronounced: GORE-muhn-dize, verb
Notes: This word is new to me
Yesterday’s word
The word saturnine means “sluggish” or “gloomy” or “cold”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1400s
Background / Comments
I was a bit off with our word – I thought it meant “dark” or “Satan-like”. Our word came from the Latin word Saturninus (of Saturn). People who believe in astrology believe that those born under the planet Saturn’s influence had its characteristics. Saturn was (in ancient times) the farthest known planet, and believed to be the coldest and slowest, and thus the meaning of our word.
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