Avernian
English
Adjective
Avernian
(
comparative
more
Avernian
,
superlative
most
Avernian
)
Of or pertaining to
Avernus
, a lake of
Campania
, in
Italy
, famous for its
poisonous
vapors
, which ancient writers fancied were so
malignant
as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the
infernal
regions.
Anagrams
varanine
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