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caliginous

adj
/kəˈlɪdʒɪnəs/UK/kəˈlɪd͡ʒənəs/US

Etymology

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).

  1. borrowed from caligineux

Definitions

  1. Dark, obscure

    Dark, obscure; murky.

    • Inside the atmosphere was rank and caliginous: fumes rose from puddles, groans sifted through the shadows.

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