Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chthonic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chthonic \Chthon"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, ?, the earth.]
Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, chthonic religions.
[The] chthonic character of the wife of Zeus. --Max
M["u]ller.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chthonic
adj : of the underworld; "nether regions" [syn: {chthonian}, {lower},
{nether}]
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