saturnine
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(adjective) born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn / (adjective) cold and steady in mood; slow to act or change / (adjective) of a gloomy or surly disposition / (adjective) having a sardonic aspect
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saturnine
I premised these saturnine essays on a fairly basic assumption
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7 years, 7 months ago
The mixture of sandy and saturnine, and a stalwart couple with Maori blood
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1 year, 6 months ago
And the way he was always serious with her, not mocking and saturnine, even when they disagreed about art.
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1 week, 1 day ago
the Hoppers call it Nighthawks, after the beaked profile of the woman’s saturnine companion
thought it meant dignified
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5 years, 3 months ago
Ever since I became a great Christian of the saturnine, Russian stripe, the city drove me crazy.
not entirely sure what it means here tbh
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6 years, 1 month ago