Tenebrous Definition
tĕnə-brəs
adjective
Dark; gloomy.
Webster's New World
Origin of Tenebrous
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Anglo-Norman tenebrous (earlier tenebrus) from Latin tenebrōsus, itself from tenebrae (“darkness, shadows").
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French tenebreus from Latin tenebrōsus from tenebrae darkness
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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