tenebrose

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English

Etymology

From Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebra (“darkness”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tenebrose (comparative more tenebrose, superlative most tenebrose)

Dark; tenebrous.
(figuratively) obscure; obtuse; incomprehensible.
(figuratively) morally, culturally or mentally benighted; backward; uncivilized.
(figuratively) gloomy.

See also

tenebrous

References

John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “tenebrose”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

beerstone

Italian

Adjective

tenebrose

(deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective tenebroso.

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /te.neˈbroː.se/, [t̪ɛnɛˈbroːs̠ɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.neˈbro.se/, [t̪eneˈbrɔːs̬e]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) tenebrōse

vocative masculine singular of tenebrōsus

References

“tenebrose”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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