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umbratic, a. rare.|ʌmˈbrætɪk| [ad. L. umbrātic-us staying in the shade, f. umbra umbra1. So Sp. and Pg. umbratico, It. ombratico, F. ombratique, † umbratique.] 1. Shadowy, foreshadowing.
a1677Barrow Serm. (1683) II. xxvii. 386 By virtue wherof those..umbratick representations..did obtain their substance, validity and effect. 2. Confined to the shade or to retirement; retired, secluded.
1839De Quincey in Tait's Mag. VI. 364 The torpid dreams of what the Romans called an umbratic experience. |