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umbrosity

umbrosity noun: shade, shadiness.

Noun

umbrosity (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Shade, shadiness.
    • the interstitial divisions being continuated by the accession of oil, it becometh more transparent, and admits the visible rays with less umbrosity1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
    • Shrubberies.[…]The judicious introduction of views of more distant scenery; which is most frequently desirable, unless in such parts as, by way of contrast, are preserved in umbrosity.1806, John Claudius Loudon, A Treatise on Forming, Improving, and Managing Country Residences, page 352

Origin of umbrosity

From umbrose + -ity, or borrowed from Latin umbrōsitās.

Questions about umbrosity

What does umbrosity mean?
Umbrosity means shade, shadiness.
What part of speech is umbrosity?
Umbrosity is a noun.

Words near umbrosity in the dictionary

  1. umbrisol
  2. umbrisols
  3. Umbro-
  4. umbrose
  5. umbrosianin
  6. umbrosity
  7. umbrous
  8. umbrously
  9. umbræ
  10. Umbrărești
  11. umbu

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