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tenebrous

te·neb·rous

UK/ˈtɛn.ɪ.bɹəs/ US/ˈtɛn.ə.bɹəs/ uncommon literary

adjective

1.

dark and gloomy

  • “a tenebrous cave”
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Origin

] From Middle English tenebrose, from Anglo-Norman tenebrous (earlier tenebrus), from Latin tenebrōsus, itself from tenebrae (“darkness, shadows”).

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