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umbrous

/ˈʌmbɹəs/

umbrous adjective: umbral, shadowy, or relating to shadows.

Adjective (1)

umbrous (comparative more umbrous, superlative most umbrous)

  1. Umbral, shadowy, or relating to shadows.
    • [Quoting Leonardo da Vinci:] Just as there are luminous bodies that emit luminous rays, so there are “umbrous” bodies that emit shadowing rays. An umbrous body is something solid and dense that blocks and creates (casts or projects) shadow, an[…]2008 January 22, Alan Trachtenberg, Lincoln's Smile and Other Enigmas, Macmillan + ORM, →ISBN
    • ... drowned in umbrous shadow.2014 March 25, Vaughn Entwistle, The Revenant of Thraxton Hall: The Paranormal Casebooks of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 5

Adjective (2)

umbrous (comparative more umbrous, superlative most umbrous)

  1. Of an umber colour.
    • Color in alcohol dark umber, largely uniform, […] Fins all umbrous, or rather dark brown.1941, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, page 160

Forms of umbrous

comparativemore umbrous
superlativemost umbrous

Origin of umbrous

umbra + -ous

umber + -ous

Words formed from umbrous

Questions about umbrous

What does umbrous mean?
Umbrous means umbral, shadowy, or relating to shadows.
What part of speech is umbrous?
Umbrous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce umbrous?
Umbrous is pronounced /ˈʌmbɹəs/.

Words near umbrous in the dictionary

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

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