Phlegethontic

English

Adjective

Phlegethontic (comparative more Phlegethontic, superlative most Phlegethontic)

  1. Of or relating to the river Phlegethon in the underworld of Ancient Greek mythology.
    Synonym: Phlegethontal
    • 1867, George MacDonald, Alec Forbes of Howglen, page 319:
      His soul was but a black gulf into which poured the Phlegethontic cataract of their conversation.
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