- tenebrous
- tenebrous "full of darkness," early 15c., from O.Fr. tenebreus (11c.), from L. tenebrosus, from tenebrae "darkness" (see TEMERITY (Cf. temerity)).
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Tenebrous — Ten e*brous, a. [L. tenebrosus, fr. tenebrae darkness: cf. F. t[ e]n[ e]breux.] Dark; gloomy; dusky; tenebrious. {Ten e*brous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] The most dark, tenebrous night. J. Hall (1565). [1913 Webster] The towering and tenebrous… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tenebrous — [adj] dark, ominous ambiguous, amphibological, caliginous, dim, dingy, dusk, dusky, equivocal, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure, shadowy, shady, somber, sunless, uncertain, unclear, unexplicit, unilluminated, unintelligible, unlit, vague;… … New thesaurus
tenebrous — ► ADJECTIVE literary ▪ dark; shadowy. ORIGIN Latin tenebrosus, from tenebrae darkness … English terms dictionary
tenebrous — [tə neb′rē əsten′ə brəs] adj. [ME tenebrus < OFr < L tenebrosus < tenebrae: see TEMERITY] dark; gloomy: also tenebrious [tə neb′rē əs] … English World dictionary
tenebrous — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French tenebreus, from Latin tenebrosus, from tenebrae Date: 15th century 1. shut off from the light ; dark, murky < tenebrous depths > 2. hard to understand ; obscure < a teneb … New Collegiate Dictionary
tenebrous — tenebrousness, n. /ten euh breuhs/, adj. dark; gloomy; obscure. Also, tenebrious /teuh neb ree euhs/. [1375 1425; late ME < L tenebrosus. See TENEBRAE, OUS] * * * … Universalium
tenebrous — adjective Dark and gloomy. See Also: tenebrism … Wiktionary
tenebrous — Synonyms and related words: ambiguous, amphibological, beamless, black, black as night, caliginous, dark, dark as night, dark as pitch, darkling, darksome, dim, dusk, dusky, ebon, ebony, eclipsed, equivocal, gloomy, murky, night black, night clad … Moby Thesaurus
tenebrous — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dark, gloomy. See darkness … English dictionary for students
tenebrous — ten·e·brous || tenɪbrÉ™s adj. gloomy, dark, dim … English contemporary dictionary
