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adjective Archaic.
misty; dim; dark.
Origin:
1540–50; < Latin cālīginōsus misty, equivalent to cālīgin- (stem of cālīgō) mist + -ōsus -ous
1540–50; < Latin cālīginōsus misty, equivalent to cālīgin- (stem of cālīgō) mist + -ōsus -ous
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ca·lig·i·nous·ly, adverb
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caliginous
1540s, from L. caliginosus "misty," from caliginem (nom. caligo) "mistiness, darkness, fog, gloom." Related: Caliginosity.
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