TENEBROUS


Meaning of TENEBROUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈte-nə-brəs ]

adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tenebreus, from Latin tenebrosus, from tenebrae

Date: 15th century

1. : shut off from the light : dark , murky

tenebrous depths

2. : hard to understand : obscure

a tenebrous affair

3. : causing gloom

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.