1. (a.) Cold; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper\.

2. (a.) Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.

3. (a.) of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn.

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