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caliginous|kəˈlɪdʒɪnəs|
Also 6 calaginous.
[ad. L. cālīginōs-us ‘misty’, f. cālīgin-em mistiness, obscurity: cf. F. caligineux.]
Misty, dim, murky; obscure, dark; also fig. (Now arch.)
1548Compl. Scot. 38 Al corrupit humiditeis, ande caliginus fumis. 1578Banister Hist. Man viii. 98 The liuer maketh the thicker bloud and that which is calaginous. 1650tr. Caussin's Angel of Peace 53 Those men..precipitate themselves into..caliginous observations. 1790Cowper Odyss. xiii. 443 The goddess enter'd deep the cave Caliginous. 1794Mrs. Piozzi Synon. II. 310 That caliginous atmosphere which fills London towards the 10th of November. 1849Lytton Caxtons ii. xii. lxi, Her lone little room, full of caliginous corners and nooks. 1849Tait's Mag. XVI. 218. |