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   tenebrosity

   /tɛnəˈbrɒsɪti/

   noun

   • 1. the quality of being dark or shadowy. literary

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French ténébrosité, from Latin tenebrosus, from tenebrae ‘darkness’.

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   What does Tenebrous mean?

   • Tenebrous can mean both “obscure” and “murky,” but its history is crystal clear. Etymologists know that the word comes from the Latin noun tenebrae, meaning “darkness.” Tenebrous has been used in English since the 15th century, and in subsequent centuries has been joined by some interesting and even less common relations.

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   What does tenebrosity mean?

   • Blossom Word Game Pick the best words! Spelling Bee Quiz Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... The meaning of TENEBROSITY is darkness. How to use tenebrosity in a sentence.

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   What does tenebrose mean?

   • From Middle English tenebrosite, from Old French tenebrosité, ultimately from Latin tenebrae (“darkness”). Compare Medieval Latin tenebrōsitas, French ténébrosité. By surface analysis, tenebrose + -ity. tenebrosity (uncountable) The state or quality of being tenebrose or tenebrous.

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   When was the term 'tenebrosity' first used?

   • The term 'tenebrosity' was first used in the earliest known use of the noun tenebrosity, which is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for tenebrosity is from 1490, in the writing of William Caxton, printer, merchant, and diplomat. Tenebrosity is a borrowing from French.

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   What does tenebrism mean in art?

   • Tenebrism refers to a style of painting—associated especially with the Italian painter Caravaggio —in which most of the figures are engulfed in shadow while some are dramatically illuminated by concentrated light. And let’s not forget the terrific tenebrific, a tenebrous synonym.

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   Where does the adjective Tenebrous come from?

   • is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French tenebrus, ténébreux. tenel | teneling, n.

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   Tenebrosity is a noun that means darkness, from Latin tenebrosus. Learn more about its etymology, usage, and examples in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Tenebrosity is a noun meaning darkness or gloominess. It comes from the Latin tenebra, meaning darkness. See usage, pronunciation, and frequency of this word in modern English.

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   May 21, 2024 · Tenebrosity is the state or quality of being tenebrose or tenebrous, meaning dark or obscure. It comes from Latin tenebrae and has synonyms such as darkness and gloom.

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   Tenebrous means gloomy, shadowy, or dark, and comes from Latin tenebrae (darkness). See examples, synonyms, and word origin of tenebrous and its derived forms tenebrosity and tenebrousness.

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   Tenebrous means dark, murky, obscure, or causing gloom. It comes from the Latin word tenebrae, meaning "darkness". See synonyms, examples, and word history of tenebrous.

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   Tenebrous means dark, gloomy, or obscure, and comes from the Latin tenebrae (darkness). It is an obsolete word in modern English, but it has related terms such as tenebrism, tenebrosity, and tenebrose.

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   Tenebrosity is a noun that means the state or quality of being tenebrose or tenebrous. Tenebrose or tenebrous means dark, gloomy, or shadowy.