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tenebrific

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ten⋅e⋅brif⋅ic

  [ten-uh-brif-ik]
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–adjective
producing darkness.
Origin:
1640–50; < L tenebr(ae) darkness + -i- + -fic
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ten·e·brif·ic   (těn'ə-brĭf'ĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Serving to obscure or darken.

  2. Gloomy; dark.


[Latin tenebrae, darkness + -fic.]
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