chthonic

chthonic
chthonic [thän′ik]
adj.
2. dark, primitive, and mysterious

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chthon·ic (thŏnʹĭk) also chtho·ni·an (thōʹnē-ən) adj. Greek Mythology
Of or relating to the underworld.
  [From Greek khthonios, of the earth, from khthōn, earth. See dhghem-.

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