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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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