Acheronian

adjective

Ach·​er·​o·​ni·​an

¦a-kə-¦rō-nē-ən,

-nyən

: dark and gloomy : dismal

in the depths of an Acheronian forest

Word History

Etymology

acheron + -ian

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

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