adumberv.

Brit.

/aˈdʌmbə/, U.S.

/æˈdəmbər/,

/əˈdəmbər/

Forms: 1500s adumbre, 1800s– adumber.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin adumbrāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin adumbrāre to shade, to obscure (see adumbrate v.). Compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French aombrer, Old French, Middle French aümbrer (c1155), Anglo-Norman and Middle French (rare) adumbrer, Middle French, French †adombrer (13th or 14th cent. in Anglo-Norman, subsequently from 1572; in early use an alteration after the Latin etymon, in later use probably an independent loan < Italian), Italian adombrare (a1321 as †aombrare; also †adumbrare).Quot. 1535 could alternatively show a transmission error for obumber v.

Now rare.

transitive. To overshadow, obscure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > intercept or cut off (light) [verb (transitive)] > of (some luminary)

shadowc1430

adumber1535

check1589

blanch1793

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 118 The cruell dartis with mony awfull ganȝe..The dais licht adumbrit.

1596 A. Copley Fig for Fortune 9 Then on I rode, and riding through a dale Hell-like adumbred with a duskie gloome, A suddaine fatall blast did me assaile.

1844 Spirit of Nation (Dublin) (ed. 2) 23 Public dear, we conceive as you see Do the lights and the shades that illume and adumber Each beautiful page in The Nation's First Number.

1995 B. Olds Raising Holy Hell (2002) 152 Visored by the hand-width of downbent brim, his face appears adumbered.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	adumber
释义	adumberv. Brit. /aˈdʌmbə/, U.S. /æˈdəmbər/, /əˈdəmbər/ Forms: 1500s adumbre, 1800s– adumber. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin adumbrāre. Etymology: < classical Latin adumbrāre to shade, to obscure (see adumbrate v.). Compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French aombrer, Old French, Middle French aümbrer (c1155), Anglo-Norman and Middle French (rare) adumbrer, Middle French, French †adombrer (13th or 14th cent. in Anglo-Norman, subsequently from 1572; in early use an alteration after the Latin etymon, in later use probably an independent loan < Italian), Italian adombrare (a1321 as †aombrare; also †adumbrare).Quot. 1535 could alternatively show a transmission error for obumber v. Now rare. transitive. To overshadow, obscure. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > intercept or cut off (light) [verb (transitive)] > of (some luminary) shadowc1430 adumber1535 check1589 blanch1793 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 118 The cruell dartis with mony awfull ganȝe..The dais licht adumbrit. 1596 A. Copley Fig for Fortune 9 Then on I rode, and riding through a dale Hell-like adumbred with a duskie gloome, A suddaine fatall blast did me assaile. 1844 Spirit of Nation (Dublin) (ed. 2) 23 Public dear, we conceive as you see Do the lights and the shades that illume and adumber Each beautiful page in The Nation's First Number. 1995 B. Olds Raising Holy Hell (2002) 152 Visored by the hand-width of downbent brim, his face appears adumbered. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1535
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