tenebrose
English
Etymology
From Latin tenebrosus, from tenebra (“darkness”).
Adjective
tenebrose (comparative more tenebrose, superlative most tenebrose)
- Dark; tenebrous.
- (figuratively) obscure; obtuse; incomprehensible.
- (figuratively) morally, culturally or mentally benighted; backward; uncivilized.
- (figuratively) gloomy.
See also
References
- “tenebrose” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.
Italian
Latin
References
- tenebrose in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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