tenebrousadj.n.

/ˈtɛnɪbrəs/

Etymology: < Old French tenebrus (11th cent.), modern French ténébreux, Provençal tenebros, Spanish tenebroso, Italian tenebroso, < Latin tenebrōsus tenebrose adj.

a. Full of darkness, dark.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective]

blinda1000

darkOE

lightlessOE

murkOE

therka1325

murkfula1400

unsheena1400

tenebrousc1420

tenebrose1490

tenebrate1492

sable?a1513

unlightsome1574

tenebrious1594

blindfold1601

Stygian1602

dayless1657

unenlightened1662

darklinga1718

rayless1727

tenebrific1786

twinkless1830

transdiurnal1848

glimmerless1889

gleamless1891

unlightened1896

c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 1169 Tyll Cerberus Had hem beshut withyn hys gates tenebrus.

1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxxii. 121 A tenebrouse & derke dongeon.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lv. sig. Mi^v The aduenturs of the tenebrous or darke towre.

1608 R. Johnson Seauen Champions ii. T iv Therewith drewe on the darke and tenebrous night.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Vertigo The other they call Scotomia, or Tenebrous Vertigo, when the Eyes are darkned and, as it were, cover'd with a Cloud.

1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline ii. ii. 29 Over their heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress Met in a dusky arch.

b. figurative. Obscure, gloomy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective]

duneOE

thestera900

thestria900

wana1000

darkfulOE

fadec1290

obscurousa1492

black-faced1562

murkyc1590

gloomy1594

tenebrous1599

solemn1604

overcast1616

mungy1632

shady1746

sombrous1754

sombre1760

gloomyish1821

gloomfula1849

ebonine1881

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 14 To..run astray..raking out of the dust-heape or charnell house of tenebrous eld, the rottenest relique of their monuments.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xvii. 137 Heraclitus, the grand Scotist, and tenebrous darksome Philosopher.

1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 13 The most tenebrous holes and corners of their author's obscurity.

1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 65 307 Even in that tenebrous philosophy which he has imported..he is very much at fault.

†2. as n. Darkness. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lvi. l. 418 At ȝoure Castel there is Swich tenebrowse, that No man there Other May se.

Derivatives

ˈtenebrousness n. rare darkness.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tenebrous
释义	tenebrousadj.n. /ˈtɛnɪbrəs/ Etymology: < Old French tenebrus (11th cent.), modern French ténébreux, Provençal tenebros, Spanish tenebroso, Italian tenebroso, < Latin tenebrōsus tenebrose adj. 1. a. Full of darkness, dark. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] blinda1000 darkOE lightlessOE murkOE therka1325 murkfula1400 unsheena1400 tenebrousc1420 tenebrose1490 tenebrate1492 sable?a1513 unlightsome1574 tenebrious1594 blindfold1601 Stygian1602 dayless1657 unenlightened1662 darklinga1718 rayless1727 tenebrific1786 twinkless1830 transdiurnal1848 glimmerless1889 gleamless1891 unlightened1896 c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 1169 Tyll Cerberus Had hem beshut withyn hys gates tenebrus. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxxii. 121 A tenebrouse & derke dongeon. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lv. sig. Mi^v The aduenturs of the tenebrous or darke towre. 1608 R. Johnson Seauen Champions ii. T iv Therewith drewe on the darke and tenebrous night. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Vertigo The other they call Scotomia, or Tenebrous Vertigo, when the Eyes are darkned and, as it were, cover'd with a Cloud. 1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline ii. ii. 29 Over their heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress Met in a dusky arch. b. figurative. Obscure, gloomy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective] duneOE thestera900 thestria900 wana1000 darkfulOE fadec1290 obscurousa1492 black-faced1562 murkyc1590 gloomy1594 tenebrous1599 solemn1604 overcast1616 mungy1632 shady1746 sombrous1754 sombre1760 gloomyish1821 gloomfula1849 ebonine1881 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 14 To..run astray..raking out of the dust-heape or charnell house of tenebrous eld, the rottenest relique of their monuments. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xvii. 137 Heraclitus, the grand Scotist, and tenebrous darksome Philosopher. 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 13 The most tenebrous holes and corners of their author's obscurity. 1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 65 307 Even in that tenebrous philosophy which he has imported..he is very much at fault. †2. as n. Darkness. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ 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 a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lvi. l. 418 At ȝoure Castel there is Swich tenebrowse, that No man there Other May se. Derivatives ˈtenebrousness n. rare darkness.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1420
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