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chthonic

[thahn-ik, kuh-thahn-ik] / ˈθɑn ɪk, kəˈθɑn ɪk /


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These were the days of $5 minimums, which meant that my stack of chips would be bled away gracefully, deep into the chthonic night.

From Slate Nov. 18, 2025

People who aren’t familiar with chthonic myths might want to do some research before reading.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2025

That word means “ladies of the nut tree,” and the nymphs were devotees of the goddess Karya, chthonic all-mother Kar in Crete’s oldest pre-Minoan stories.

From Salon Dec. 18, 2023

The resulting sound is simultaneously twangy and chthonic.

From New York Times Dec. 13, 2022

Nor was it an old city with obscure origins draped in chthonic myth, like Athens or Thebes.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro



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