caliginous
Syllables: ca·li·gin·ous/kəˈlɪdʒɪnəs/US/kəˈlɪd͡ʒənəs/
caliginous adjective: dark, obscure; murky.
Adjective
caliginous (comparative more caliginous, superlative most caliginous)
- Dark, obscure; murky.
- Hierapolis is ſeated over-againſt Laodicea, where are to be ſeen baths of hot waters, and the Plutonium. [...] The Plutonium is under the brow of the hill, the entrance into which is no wider than that a man can thruſt himſelf through; yet it is very deep within, of a quadrangular form, containing...1809, Edward Wells, “Of St. Paul’s Travels and Voyages into Phrygia, Galatia, Mysia, Troas, Macedonia, Achaia, &c. till His Fourth Return to Jerusalem, after His Conversion”, in An Historical...
- By the time breakfast was announced, the land had faded into a thin caliginous streak; and, except passing a huge unwieldy Chinese junk, which lay at anchor, though her lateen sails were hoisted, nothing worthy of note occurred during the day.1869 November, “The Land of the Malay: A Record of Travel in the Oriental Tropics”, in [Thomas] Mayne Reid, editor, Onward: A Magazine for the Young Manhood of America, New York, N.Y.: Onward...
caliginous meaning in Bengali
caliginous in Bengali
- অন্ধকারাচ্ছন্ন, কুয়াশাচ্ছন্ন, আবছা
Examples of caliginous in a sentence
- Inside the atmosphere was rank and caliginous: fumes rose from puddles, groans sifted through the shadows.1981, T[homas] Coraghessan Boyle, “The Niger”, in Water Music, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, →ISBN; republished London: Granta Books, 1998...
- They say the darkest hour is just before the dawn, and caliginous thoughts often swirled through his murky, insomniac mind as he lay awake [...]2010, Francis Wheen, Strange Days Indeed: The Golden Age of Paranoia, paperback edition, London: Fourth Estate, HarperCollins Publishers...
Synonyms of caliginous
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Antonyms
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Forms of caliginous
| comparative | more caliginous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most caliginous |
Origin of caliginous
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).
Words formed from caliginous
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Questions about caliginous
- What does caliginous mean?
- Caliginous means dark, obscure; murky.
- What is caliginous in Bengali?
- Caliginous in Bengali is অন্ধকারাচ্ছন্ন, কুয়াশাচ্ছন্ন, আবছা. See Caliginous meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use caliginous in a sentence?
- Inside the atmosphere was rank and caliginous: fumes rose from puddles, groans sifted through the shadows.
- What part of speech is caliginous?
- Caliginous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce caliginous?
- Caliginous is pronounced /kəˈlɪdʒɪnəs/ (UK).
Words near caliginous in the dictionary
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