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ten·e·brous

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–adjective

dark; gloomy; obscure.

Also, te·neb·ri·ous

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

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—Related forms

ten·e·brous·ness, noun

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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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tenebrous

"full of darkness," c.1420, from O.Fr. tenebreus (11c.), from L. tenebrosus, from tenebræ "darkness" (see temerity).

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tenebrous
adjective
dark and gloomy; "a tenebrous cave"

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Tenebrous

Ten"e*brous\, a. [L. tenebrosus, fr. tenebrae darkness: cf. F. t['e]n['e]breux.] Dark; gloomy; dusky; tenebrious. -- Ten"e*brous*ness, n.

The most dark, tenebrous night. --J. Hall (1565).

The towering and tenebrous boughts of the cypress. --Longfellow.

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