ténébreux

French

Etymology

First known attestation circa 1100 as tenebrus. Borrowed from Latin tenebrōsus.

Adjective

ténébreux (feminine singular ténébreuse, masculine plural ténébreux, feminine plural ténébreuses)

tenebrous; obscure; mysterious; stygian
saturnine (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

“ténébreux” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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