Tenebrious
/təˈniːb.ri.əs/noun
Dark, shadowy, or obscure.
Did you know?Its root, Latin *tenebrae* (“darkness”), also lives on in the Christian Tenebrae service, a candle-extinguishing ritual of gloom and silence.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*temH-
“to darken; to be dim”
Latin
Latin
tenebrae
“darkness, gloom, shadows”
Late Latin
Latin
tenebriosus
“full of darkness; gloomy”
Middle English
English
tenebrious
“dark, obscure, shadowy”
Modern English
English
tenebrious
“dark, shadowy, or obscure”
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