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caliginous.

Dark, obscure; murky.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/kəˈlɪdʒɪnəs/Received-Pronunciation/kəˈlɪd͡ʒənəs/General-American/-ˈlɪdʒɪ-/General-American
  1. Dark, obscure; murky.

    archaic · literary
Where this word comes from

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).

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