† shadowousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Shadowy, shady; also figurative (see quot. 1483).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > overshadowed > lying in shade or abounding in shade
shadowy1398
shadowed1400
umbrous1480
shadowish1530
shadeful1563
shadowous1585
shady1589
umbrageous1622
shaded1635
swaly1820
adumbral1855
umbraged1890
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. 108v/1 He was vmbrouse or shadewous, that is to saye he was colde and refrigerat fro all concupyscence of the flesshe.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xvi. 17 b They study to seek places coole & shadowous, to eschew the heat of the Sun.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
adj.1483- conventing
- convention
- convention city
- convention hall
- convention of congregational ministers
- convention of estates
- convention of royal burghs
- convention parliament
- convention-coin
- convention-dollar
- conventional
- conventional heir
- conventional projection
- conventional wisdom
- conventionalisation
- conventionalisations
- conventionalise
- conventionalised
- conventionalises
- conventionalising
- conventionalism
- conventionalisms
- conventionalist
- conventionalistic
- conventionalists