Definition of "chthonic" []

• Greek Mythology Of or relating to the underworld. (adjective)

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• "[701] The idea that this number was "chthonic" and a monopoly of the Sibylline utterances was started by"
• "The ensuing race to the deadline is a pacy affair that alternates between the hapless Tamara's frequent recourse to her thesaurus S*nday, she reckons, is just the place to scatter words such as "chthonic" and "hermeneutic" and Tait's grim determination to keep her would-be profiler at bay, particularly from her rather murky private life."
• "Can you imagine in the 1930's, the heroic central character fighting evil wizards and chthonic monsters alongside a black man?"