Vocabulary Word Fic Prompts

Title: Still Waters
Fandom: Original/Moonlight TV
Author: Cat Moon
Rating: PG
Words: 521
Characters: Patrick (OC), Shane (OC), Josef (Moonlight)
Summary: Even vampires occasionally ponder the meaning of life, although they don't always agree on what it is.
Notes: This fic marks the debut of a new OC I just created, Patrick, a 500-year-old vampire professor who spends his time frustratingly trying to correct humans on all the history they've gotten wrong.


( Still Waters )

This week's word is




[ stij-ee-uhn ]


adjective
Dark or gloomy.



From dictionary.com:

WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF STYGIAN?
Stygian originally referred to Styx, one of the mythological rivers of the underworld. Ancient Greek Stýx likely shares an origin with several words relating to hatred, and the Greeks once believed that swearing on the river’s name created an unbreakable vow. Stygian was first recorded in English in the 1560s.

EXAMPLE OF STYGIAN USED IN A SENTENCE
The basement was a windowless, Stygian space, with only a single flickering fluorescent providing the weakest of light.


Stygian Owl (from acbbirds.org):

The Stygian Owl is one of the more mysterious members of an already elusive, often misunderstood family of birds.  This owl's vivid, orange-yellow eyes glow bright red when illuminated by artificial light, and with some creativity, its long, close-set ear tufts can appear to be horns.