adumbration
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From Latin adumbrātiōnem, from adumbrāre.
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adumbration (plural adumbrations)
- (obsolete, art) Shading.
- A faint sketch; an outline, a brief representation.
- (figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation of something.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 238:
- The merest adumbration of an apology on Baron Veen's part would clinch the matter with a token of gracious finality.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 238:
- (heraldry) The shadow or outline of a figure.
- (literature) A vague indication of what is to come.
