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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Old French
Origin: saturnin, from Medieval Latin saturninus 'influenced by the planet Saturn'

saturnine

 adjective
     
sat‧ur‧nine literary
looking sad and serious, especially in a threatening way:
his lean saturnine face
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