tenebrific

[ ten-uh-brif-ik ]
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adjective

  1. producing darkness.

Origin of tenebrific

1
1640–50; <Latin tenebr(ae) darkness + -i- + -fic

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How to use tenebrific in a sentence

  • The swallow has the same mythical meaning as the cuckoo; it is the joyful herald of spring, emerging from the tenebrific winter.

    Zoological Mythology (Volume II) | Angelo de Gubernatis

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