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Definition of Tenebrous
1. Adjective. Dark and gloomy. "A tenebrous cave"
Definition of Tenebrous
1. a. Dark; gloomy; dusky; tenebrious.
Definition of Tenebrous
1. Adjective. Dark and gloomy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tenebrous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenebrous
Literary usage of Tenebrous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Laokoon: An Essay on the Confusion of the Arts by Irving Babbitt (1910)
"He finally attains that " tenebrous and profound unity " of which Baudelaire
speaks, where " perfumes and colors and sounds correspond to ..."
2. The Lyricks [of] Camoens: Sonnets, Canzons, Odes and Sextines. Englished by by Luís de Camões (1884)
"Oh triste, oh tenebroso, oh cruel dia, 0 triste, O tenebrous, O terrible Day !
That burst the dawn-womb only for my loss ! ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Same as tenebrous. Were moon and stars for villains only made, ... The day at
the sixth houre was turned into tenebrous night, insomuch as the Starres were ..."
4. The New Laokoon: An Essay on the Confusion of the Arts by Irving Babbitt (1910)
"He finally attains that " tenebrous and profound unity " of which Baudelaire
speaks, where " perfumes and colors and sounds correspond to ..."
5. The Lyricks [of] Camoens: Sonnets, Canzons, Odes and Sextines. Englished by by Luís de Camões (1884)
"Oh triste, oh tenebroso, oh cruel dia, 0 triste, O tenebrous, O terrible Day !
That burst the dawn-womb only for my loss ! ..."
6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Same as tenebrous. Were moon and stars for villains only made, ... The day at
the sixth houre was turned into tenebrous night, insomuch as the Starres were ..."
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