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caliginous

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ca⋅lig⋅i⋅nous

  [kuh-lij-uh-nuhs]
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–adjective Archaic.
misty; dim; dark.
Origin:
1540–50; < L cālīginōsus misty, equiv. to cālīgin- (s. of cālīgō) mist + -ōsus -ous

Related forms:
ca⋅lig⋅i⋅nos⋅i⋅ty  [kuh-lij-uh-nos-i-tee] , ca⋅lig⋅i⋅nous⋅ness, noun
ca⋅lig⋅i⋅nous⋅ly, adverb
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ca·lig·i·nous   (kə-lĭj'ə-nəs)   
adj.  Dark, misty, and gloomy.

[From Latin cālīginōsus, from cālīgō, cālīgin-, darkness.]
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