Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to Acheron or the infernal regions; dark; gloomy: as, Acherontic mists.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund.
- adj. Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
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jmjarmstrong JM doesn't want to know about the acherontic side of life - he just wants to remain in the dark. Oct 5, 2010
jmjarmstrong JM is looking on the acherontic side Mar 5, 2009