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† ˈshadowous, a. Obs. rare. [f. shadow n. + -ous.] Shadowy, shady; also fig. (see quot. 1483).
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. (1892) I. 313 He was vmbrouse or shadewous. That is to saye he was cold & refrigerat fro all concupyscence of the flesshe. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. i. xvi. 17 b, They study to seek places coole & shadowous, to eschew the heat of the Sun. |