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umbratile

umbratile adjective: shady, shadowy.

Adjective

umbratile (comparative more umbratile, superlative most umbratile)

  1. Shady, shadowy.

Noun

umbratile (plural umbratiles)

  1. Someone who spends their time in shade or darkness.
    • Others were just larval forms in the sense of Paracelsus, umbratiles, vampires, ghosts.1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 336

Forms of umbratile

Adjective
comparativemore umbratile
superlativemost umbratile
Noun
pluralumbratiles

Origin of umbratile

From Latin umbratilis, from umbra.

Questions about umbratile

What does umbratile mean?
Umbratile means shady, shadowy.
What part of speech is umbratile?
Umbratile can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near umbratile in the dictionary

  1. umbrated
  2. umbrates
  3. umbratic
  4. umbratical
  5. umbraticolous
  6. umbratile
  7. umbratiles
  8. umbratilous
  9. umbrating
  10. umbration
  11. umbraviral

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