tenebrificous
tenebrificous adjective: synonym of tenebrific (“producing darkness”).
Adjective
tenebrificous (comparative more tenebrificous, superlative most tenebrificous)
- Synonym of tenebrific (“producing darkness”).
- But to fancy any Stars efficiently and poſitively to cauſe cold, is as extravagant and ridiculous as that conceit of Paracelſus, that imagined that it was not the abſence of the Sun but certain Tenebrificous Stars that cauſed Night.1681, Henry More, “A Confutation of Aſtrology” (chapter XVI), in Tetractys Anti-Astrologica, […] , London: Printed by J[ohn] M[artyn] for Walter Kettilby, […] , →OCLC, page 86
- I consider writers in the same view this sage astrologer does the heavenly bodies. Some of them are stars that scatter light as others do darkness. I could mention several authors who are tenebrificous stars of the first magnitude, and point out a knot of gentlemen, who have been dull in consort...1714 August 28 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “TUESDAY, August 18, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 582; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New...
- Synonyms:
- tenebrific
Examples of tenebrificous in a sentence
- I could mention several authors who are tenebrificous stars of the first magnitude, and point out a knot of gentlemen, who have been dull in consort, and may be looked upon as a dark constellation.1714 August 28 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “TUESDAY, August 18, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 582...
- I have a new theory of optics demonſtrating, that darkneſs is cauſed by certain tenebrificous rays oppugning, obtunding, ſheathing, and abſorbing the rays of light.1752 November 25, Samuel Johnson [et al.], “Number VI. SATURDAY, November 25, 1752.”, in The Adventurer, volume I, London: […] J[ohn]...
Synonyms of tenebrificous
Forms of tenebrificous
| comparative | more tenebrificous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most tenebrificous |
Origin of tenebrificous
From tenebrific + -ous, ultimately from Latin tenebrae (“darkness”).
Questions about tenebrificous
- What does tenebrificous mean?
- Tenebrificous means synonym of tenebrific (“producing darkness”).
- How do you use tenebrificous in a sentence?
- I could mention several authors who are tenebrificous stars of the first magnitude, and point out a knot of gentlemen, who have been dull in consort, and may be looked upon as a dark constellation.
- What part of speech is tenebrificous?
- Tenebrificous is an adjective.
Words near tenebrificous in the dictionary
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