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saturnine
What does saturnine mean?
saturnine (adjective): of a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “saturnine” mean?
lacking something essential; often construed with in
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unable for both to exist or be true at the same time
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of a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy
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increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions
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