adumbraladj.

Brit.

/aˈdʌmbr(ə)l/, U.S.

/æˈdəmbrəl/,

/əˈdəmbrəl/

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ad- prefix, Latin umbra , -al suffix¹; ad- prefix, umbrella n., -al suffix¹.

Etymology: In sense 1 < ad- prefix + classical Latin umbra shade (see umber n.¹; with reference to adumbrāre adumbrate v. 3a) + -al suffix¹. In sense 2 < ad- prefix + umbr- (in umbrella n.) + -al suffix¹; compare abumbral adj. and slightly later adumbrellar adj.

†a. That provides shade. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > overshadowing > affording shade

umbrosea1425

shadowing1552

umbrate?1553

shadeful1563

shady1579

shadinga1586

umbrageous1587

shadowy1607

umbriferous1616

umbratile1659

umbracious1839

adumbral1845

umbering1872

1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 57 246 This circular adumbral and pluvial roofing had to be adapted to the female head.

b. Shadowy, shady.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > overshadowed > lying in shade or abounding in shade

shadowy1398

shadowed1400

umbrous1480

shadowish1530

shadeful1563

shadowous1585

shady1589

umbrageous1622

shaded1635

swaly1820

adumbral1855

umbraged1890

1855 R. K. Ashley Glances over Field of Faith & Reason iii. 90 The conception of this king of profane poets is but the repetition of the scriptural adumbral rationality.

1917 M. Foster Shoestrings x. 126 Gloom settled on him as he trudged along. It was a gloom, too, adumbral in its depth, its density.

1981 D. R. Koontz Mask iii. 70 Later that night, in her darkened bedroom, Carol Tracy stared at the adumbral ceiling and listened to her husband's soft, steady breathing.

2003 L. Edwards Oscar Wilde discovers Amer. 282 It was obviously challenging work, attempting to humanize an adumbral presence.

†2. Zoology. In jellyfishes and other medusae: relating to the oral surface of the umbrella; cf. adumbrellar adj. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1880 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 20 364 The tubular capsules occupy a position between the abumbral and adumbral ectoderm layers which constitute the velum.

1893 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 337 There is no tubular extension of the capsules into the adumbral ectoderm layer of the velum as there is in Limnocodium.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adumbral
释义	adumbraladj. Brit. /aˈdʌmbr(ə)l/, U.S. /æˈdəmbrəl/, /əˈdəmbrəl/ Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ad- prefix, Latin umbra , -al suffix¹; ad- prefix, umbrella n., -al suffix¹. Etymology: In sense 1 < ad- prefix + classical Latin umbra shade (see umber n.¹; with reference to adumbrāre adumbrate v. 3a) + -al suffix¹. In sense 2 < ad- prefix + umbr- (in umbrella n.) + -al suffix¹; compare abumbral adj. and slightly later adumbrellar adj. 1. †a. That provides shade. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > overshadowing > affording shade umbrosea1425 shadowing1552 umbrate?1553 shadeful1563 shady1579 shadinga1586 umbrageous1587 shadowy1607 umbriferous1616 umbratile1659 umbracious1839 adumbral1845 umbering1872 1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 57 246 This circular adumbral and pluvial roofing had to be adapted to the female head. b. Shadowy, shady. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > overshadowed > lying in shade or abounding in shade shadowy1398 shadowed1400 umbrous1480 shadowish1530 shadeful1563 shadowous1585 shady1589 umbrageous1622 shaded1635 swaly1820 adumbral1855 umbraged1890 1855 R. K. Ashley Glances over Field of Faith & Reason iii. 90 The conception of this king of profane poets is but the repetition of the scriptural adumbral rationality. 1917 M. Foster Shoestrings x. 126 Gloom settled on him as he trudged along. It was a gloom, too, adumbral in its depth, its density. 1981 D. R. Koontz Mask iii. 70 Later that night, in her darkened bedroom, Carol Tracy stared at the adumbral ceiling and listened to her husband's soft, steady breathing. 2003 L. Edwards Oscar Wilde discovers Amer. 282 It was obviously challenging work, attempting to humanize an adumbral presence. †2. Zoology. In jellyfishes and other medusae: relating to the oral surface of the umbrella; cf. adumbrellar adj. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1880 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 20 364 The tubular capsules occupy a position between the abumbral and adumbral ectoderm layers which constitute the velum. 1893 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 337 There is no tubular extension of the capsules into the adumbral ectoderm layer of the velum as there is in Limnocodium. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1845
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