Definition of tenebrous Tenebrous
/tɛˈnʌbɹʌs/ - [tenubrus] - ten•e•brous
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What does tenebrous mean?
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| tenebrous - dark and gloomy; "a tenebrous cave" | ||
| tenebrific, tenebrious | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tenebrous (a.)
Dark; gloomy; dusky; tenebrious.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tenebrous
ten′e-brus, adj. dark: gloomy—also Ten′ebrose.—n.pl. Tenebræ (ten′e-brē), an office held by Roman Catholics on Good Friday and the preceding two days, consisting of the matins and lauds of the following day. During it the church is gradually darkened by the putting out of all the candles but one, which for a time (as a symbol of our Lord's death and burial) is hidden at the Epistle corner of the altar.—adj. Tenebrif′ic, producing darkness.—ns. Tēneb′rio, a genus of beetles, including the meal-worm; Tenebros′ity, darkness. [L. tenebrosus—tenebræ, darkness.]
