TENEBROUS

tenebrous, tenebrific, tenebrious

(adjective) dark and gloomy; “a tenebrous cave”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

tenebrous (comparative more tenebrous, superlative most tenebrous)

dark and gloomy

Source: Wiktionary


Ten"e*brous, a. Etym: [L. tenebrosus, fr. tenebrae darkness: cf. F. ténébreux.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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