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Definition of
saturnine adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
saturnine
adjective
adjective
NAmE
/
/
ˈsæt̮ərˌnaɪn
/
/
(
literary
)
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(
of a person or their face
)
looking serious and threatening
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saturnine
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