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Saturnian

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/sæˈtɜːnɪən/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sə tûr′nē ən)

Sa•tur•ni•an (sə tûr′nē ən),USA pronunciation adj.

Astronomyof or pertaining to the planet Saturn.
Mythologyof or pertaining to the god Saturn, whose reign is referred to as the "golden age.''
prosperous, happy, or peaceful:Saturnian days.

Latin Sāturni(us) of Saturn + -an
1550–60

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Saturnian /sæˈtɜːnɪən/ adj

of or connected with the Roman god Saturn, whose reign was thought of as a golden age
of or relating to the planet Saturn
denoting a very early verse form in Latin in which the accent was one of stress rather than quantity, there being an equal number of main stresses in each line, regardless of the number of unaccented syllables

a line in Saturnian metre

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