Enveloped in darkness; dark, obscure. archaic.
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释义 | the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] (112) blinda1000 Enveloped in darkness; dark, obscure. archaic. darkOE Of the night or a part of the night: not illuminated by the sun; characterized by (relative) absence of light. Frequently predicative, with… lightlessOE Receiving no light; dark. murkOE Dark, gloomy, deficient in light. Of a place. therka1325 Dark (literal and figurative); esp. having little or no light; sinful; obscure, difficult to understand. murkfula1400 Full of darkness. unsheena1400 (un-, prefix1 affix 1.) tenebrousc1420 Full of darkness, dark. tenebrose1490 Dark. tenebrate1492 Darkened, dark. sable?a1513 gen. Black. Chiefly poetic and rhetorical. Of sky, sea, land, night, and the like. unlightsome1574 Not bright; unilluminated; dark. tenebrious1594 Of or pertaining to darkness; of dark nature; = tenebrous, adj. blindfold1601 Dark. Cf. blind, adj. 6. Obsolete. Stygian1602 Black as the river Styx; dark or gloomy as the region of the Styx. dayless1657 Devoid of the light of day; dark. unenlightened1662 Not illuminated or lit up. darklinga1718 Growing dark or characterized by darkness; dark; dim, gloomy. rayless1727 Devoid of any ray of light; dark, gloomy. Also figurative. tenebrific1786 Causing or producing darkness; obscuring. (In quot. 1786 loosely for ‘dark, gloomy’.) twinkless1830 without a twink or twinkle. transdiurnal1848 That is beyond the confines of day. glimmerless1889 without a glimmer. gleamless1891 Destitute of a gleam (of light). unlightened1896 Not lit up; unilluminated; not made lighter or brighter. Also: not made lighter in tone or colour. Also figurative. Subcategories:— without light of specific heavenly body (10) — somewhat dark (5) — intensely dark (12) — dark as or with night (2) — dark (of night) (1) — enveloped in dark of night (11) — dark with smoke (1) — with clouds (1) — unilluminated or unilluminating (31) — making or becoming dark (5) — darkened (6) — being or taking place in the dark (1) — hating or shunning light (1) |
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