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   umbrage

   /ˈʌmbrɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. offence or annoyance: "she took umbrage at his remarks"
   • 2. shade or shadow, especially as cast by trees. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English (in umbrage (sense 2)): from Old French, from Latin umbra ‘shadow’. An early sense was ‘shadowy outline’, giving rise to ‘ground for suspicion’, whence the current notion of ‘offence’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. umbrageous adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • U

     1

   • M

     3

   • B

     3

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • G

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   • E

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