ACHERON

Acheron, River Acheron

(noun) (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Ach"e*ron, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Myth.)

Definition: A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

27 May 2025

DIRECTIONALITY

(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”


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