Adumbral
shadowy; shady.
Historical Examples
Then he began to stumble through the adumbral forests to find a road.
The Sex Life of the Gods Michael Knerr
adjective
generally (poetic) shadowy
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to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch. to foreshadow; prefigure. to darken or conceal partially; overshadow. Contemporary Examples But Sanjay seems today like an adumbration, rather than the acme, of authoritarian possibilities in India. Hold Onto Your Penis David Frum, Justin Green November 28, 2012 Historical Examples Newman was the […]
- Adumbrative
foreshadowing; sketchy; faintly indicative.
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adummim the red ones, a place apparently on the road between Jericho and Jerusalem, “on the south side of the torrent” Wady Kelt, looking toward Gilgal, mentioned Josh. 15:7; 18:17. It was nearly half-way between Jerusalem and Jericho, and now bears the name of Tal-at-ed-Dumm. It is supposed to have been the place referred to […]
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curved inward; hooked.
- Adust
dried or darkened as by heat. burned; scorched. Archaic. gloomy in appearance or mood. Historical Examples Go, ye Chimeras, with your magnetic vellum; sweet young Chimera, adust middle-aged one! The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle He was tired and adust with long riding; but he did not go home. Romola George Eliot adust, a-dust′, adj. burnt […]