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tenebrous
[
ten
-
uh
-br
uh
s
]
Origin
ten·e·brous
/
ˈtɛn
ə
brəs
/
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[
ten
-
uh
-br
uh
s
]
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adjective
dark; gloomy; obscure.
Also,
te·neb·ri·ous
/
təˈnɛb
ri
əs
/
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[
t
uh
-
neb
-ree-
uh
s
]
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.
Origin:
1375–1425;
late Middle English
<
Latin
tenebrōsus.
See
Tenebrae
,
-ous
Related forms
ten·e·brous·ness,
noun
un·ten·e·brous,
adjective
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World English Dictionary
tenebrous
or
tenebrious
(ˈtɛnəbrəs, təˈnɛbrɪəs)
—
adj
gloomy, shadowy, or dark
[C15: from Latin
tenebrōsus
from
tenebrae
darkness]
tenebrious
or
tenebrious
—
adj
[C15: from Latin
tenebrōsus
from
tenebrae
darkness]
tenebrosity
or
tenebrious
—
n
'tenebrousness
or
tenebrious
—
n
te'nebriousness
or
tenebrious
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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