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caliginous

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10 lettersPronunciation /kəˈlɪdʒɪnəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted acgiilnosuStarts with CEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. dark and misty and gloomy

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French caligineux (“misty; obscure”), or directly from its Latin etymon cālīginōsus (“misty; dark, obscure”). Cālīginōsus is derived from cālīgō, cālīginis (“fog, mist, vapour; darkness, gloom”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns).

Used in a sentence

  • Inside the atmosphere was rank and caliginous: fumes rose from puddles, groans sifted through the shadows.
  • They say the darkest hour is just before the dawn, and caliginous thoughts often swirled through his murky, insomniac mind as he lay awake [...]

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