tenebrosityn.
/tɛnɪˈbrɒsɪti/ Darkness, obscurity.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun]
thesternessc888
thesterc897
murkOE
theosterleykc1000
darkc1300
darkheadc1300
murknessa1325
therknessa1325
darknessc1350
tenebres1413
tenebrousa1450
obscurity1481
tenebrosity1490
obscureness1509
dern?a1513
sable?a1513
darksomeness1571
fuliginousness1576
darkishness1583
murksomeness1625
obscure1667
soot1789
tenebrity1789
nightness1839
raylessness1843
lightlessness1845
darkling1882
unlight1883
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos i. 13 The thicke tenebrosite of the blacke smoke.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1080 That tenebrosity or darknesse is directly opposite unto light and cleerenesse.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tenebrosity, great darknesse or obscurity.
1815 J. Gilchrist Labyrinth Demolished 19 But sure it must be the very essence of tenebrosity to suppose that the hand changes its nature or the name of it its meaning with change of purpose, and application or use.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 376 This tenebrosity of the interior..hath not been illumined by the wit of the septuagint.
1924 Times 8 Apr. 14/1 Mr. Baldwin was joined by Mr. Asquith in his condemnation of the tenebrosity of the Government statements.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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