Associations to the word «Chthonic»

Wiktionary

CHTHONIC, adjective. Dwelling within or under the earth.
CHTHONIC LAW, noun. (legal) A system of law centered on the sacred character of the cosmos.

Dictionary definition

CHTHONIC, adjective. Dwelling beneath the surface of the earth; "nether regions".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky