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† umˈbratilous, a. Obs.
[f. as prec. + -ous.]
Shadowy, unreal; faint.
1637Ironside Seven Quest. Sabbath To Rdr. B iij b, Least thou shouldst perhaps think I affected a Sciomachy or Umbratilous skirmish. 1640G. Watts tr. Bacon's Adv. Learn. iii. iv. 165 The handling of Finall Causes in the Physiques..hath given men occasion to rest satisfied in such specious, and umbratilous Causes. 1669W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 273 An humane embryo..without sexual discrimination, onely an umbratilous figuration of the microcosme. |