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tenebrious

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ten⋅e⋅brous

  [ten-uh-bruhs]
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–adjective
dark; gloomy; obscure.
Also, te⋅neb⋅ri⋅ous  [tuh-neb-ree-uhs] .

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L tenebrōsus. See Tenebrae, -ous

Related forms:
ten⋅e⋅brous⋅ness, noun
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ten·e·brous   (těn'ə-brəs)   
adj.  Dark and gloomy.

[Middle English, from Old French tenebreus, from Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebrae, darkness.]
ten'e·bros'i·ty (-brŏs'ĭ-tē) n.
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Word Origin & History

tenebrous 
"full of darkness," c.1420, from O.Fr. tenebreus (11c.), from L. tenebrosus, from tenebræ "darkness" (see temerity).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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