tenebrion.

/tɪˈnɛbrɪəʊ/

Forms: Also 1600s tenebrion.

Etymology: Latin tenebrio one who lurks in the dark, < tenebrae darkness; French ténébrion (Rabelais, 16th cent.).

†1. One who lurks in the dark; a night-prowler; also, a night-spirit, a nocturnal visitant. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > nightmare or nocturnal demon

mareeOE

nightmarec1300

witch1440

night fury1552

incubus1561

night spirit1562

hag1598

ephialtes1601

tenebrio1656

night spectre1707

nocturnal1861

witch-riding1883

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [noun] > one who lurks > at night

tenebrio1656

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tenebrion, one that will not be seen by day, a lurker, a night-thief; also a night-spirit, a hobgoblin.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxiv. 199 The approach of the Suns radiant Beams expelleth Goblins, Bugbears,.. Night-walking Spirits, and Tenebrions.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. i. §7 The very rankest of [the Hackney Libellers], which..came forth, like Nocturnal Tenebrios, from the dark and dirty Recesses of the Party.

2. Entomology. The typical genus of the family Tenebrionidæ of heteromerous beetles, which live in dark places on decaying matter and excrement (hence known as stinking beetles). It includes the two meal-worms, Tenebrio molitor and T. obscurus, and numerous species that live in decayed trees.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Heteromera > family Tenebrionidae > member of

tenebrio1753

darkling beetle1841

tenebrionid1921

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. Tenebrio... Mouffet has called it the blatta fœtida.

1811 Pinkerton Voy. X. 190 The women of Arabia and Turkey make use of another tenebrio, which is found among the filth of gardens.

1833 A. Crichton Hist. Arabia II. ix. 462.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tenebrio
释义	tenebrion. /tɪˈnɛbrɪəʊ/ Forms: Also 1600s tenebrion. Etymology: Latin tenebrio one who lurks in the dark, < tenebrae darkness; French ténébrion (Rabelais, 16th cent.). †1. One who lurks in the dark; a night-prowler; also, a night-spirit, a nocturnal visitant. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > nightmare or nocturnal demon mareeOE nightmarec1300 witch1440 night fury1552 incubus1561 night spirit1562 hag1598 ephialtes1601 tenebrio1656 night spectre1707 nocturnal1861 witch-riding1883 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [noun] > one who lurks > at night tenebrio1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tenebrion, one that will not be seen by day, a lurker, a night-thief; also a night-spirit, a hobgoblin. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxiv. 199 The approach of the Suns radiant Beams expelleth Goblins, Bugbears,.. Night-walking Spirits, and Tenebrions. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. i. §7 The very rankest of [the Hackney Libellers], which..came forth, like Nocturnal Tenebrios, from the dark and dirty Recesses of the Party. 2. Entomology. The typical genus of the family Tenebrionidæ of heteromerous beetles, which live in dark places on decaying matter and excrement (hence known as stinking beetles). It includes the two meal-worms, Tenebrio molitor and T. obscurus, and numerous species that live in decayed trees. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Heteromera > family Tenebrionidae > member of tenebrio1753 darkling beetle1841 tenebrionid1921 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. Tenebrio... Mouffet has called it the blatta fœtida. 1811 Pinkerton Voy. X. 190 The women of Arabia and Turkey make use of another tenebrio, which is found among the filth of gardens. 1833 A. Crichton Hist. Arabia II. ix. 462. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1656
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