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caliginous

ca·li·gi·nous

UK/kəˈlɪdʒɪnəs/ US/kəˈlɪd͡ʒənəs/ uncommon archaic literary

adjective

1.

dark and misty and gloomy

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French caligineux (“misty; obscure”), or directly from its Latin etymon cālīginōsus (“misty; dark, obscure”). Cālīginōsus is derived from cālīgō, cālīginis (“fog, mist, vapour; darkness, gloom”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns).

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