caliginous

English

Etymology

From Middle French caligineux (“misty, obscure”), from Latin cālīginōsus (“misty; dark, obscure”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈlɪdʒɪnəs/

Adjective

caliginous (comparative more caliginous, superlative most caliginous)

  1. Dark, obscure; murky.
    • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 155:
      Inside the atmosphere was rank and caliginous: fumes rose from puddles, groans sifted through the shadows.

References

  • caliginous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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