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tenebrosity

UK/tɛnɪˈbɹɒsɪti/US/tɛnəˈbɹɑsəti/

tenebrosity noun: the state or quality of being tenebrose or tenebrous.

Noun

tenebrosity (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being tenebrose or tenebrous.
    • This tenebrosity of the interior, he proceeded to say, hath not been illumined by the wit of the septuagint nor so much as mentioned for the Orient from on high which brake hell’s gates visited a darkness that was foraneous.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 376

Synonyms of tenebrosity

Origin of tenebrosity

From Middle English tenebrosite, from Old French tenebrosité, ultimately from Latin tenebrae (“darkness”). Compare Medieval Latin tenebrōsitas, French ténébrosité. By surface analysis, tenebrose + -ity.

Questions about tenebrosity

What does tenebrosity mean?
Tenebrosity means the state or quality of being tenebrose or tenebrous.
What part of speech is tenebrosity?
Tenebrosity is a noun.
How do you pronounce tenebrosity?
Tenebrosity is pronounced /tɛnɪˈbɹɒsɪti/ (UK).

Words near tenebrosity in the dictionary

  1. tenebrizes
  2. tenebrizing
  3. tenebrose
  4. tenebrosin
  5. tenebrosins
  6. tenebrosity
  7. tenebrous
  8. tenebrously
  9. tenebrousness
  10. tenebrousnesses
  11. tenecteplase

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