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Webster 1913 Edition

Stygian

Styg′i-an

(stĭj′ĭ-an)
,
Adj.
[L.
Stygius
, fr.
Styx
,
Stygis
, Gr.
Στύξ
,
Στυγός
, the Styx.]
Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal. See
Styx
.
At that so sudden blaze, the
Stygian
throng
Bent their aspect.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stygian

STYGIAN

,
Adj.
[L.] Pertaining to Styx, fabled by the ancients to be a river of hell over which the shades of the dead passed, or the region of the dead; hence, hellish; infernal.
At that so sudden blaze, the Stygian throng bent their aspect.

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