† obtenebrationn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin obtenebration-, obtenebratio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin obtenebration-, obtenebratio obscuration, darkening (5th cent.) < obtenebrat- , past participial stem of obtenebrare obtenebrate v. + -io -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French obtenebration (16th cent.). Compare later tenebration n. at tenebrate adj. Derivatives.

Now rare.

The condition of being overshadowed or darkened; a darkening or blacking-out; shade or gloom.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [noun] > making or becoming dark, dim, or obscure

obscurationa1550

overcasting1598

obnubilation1610

obtenebration1626

overclouding1648

offuscation1756

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §725 In every Megrim, or Vertigo, there is an Obtenebration joyned with a Semblance of Turning Round.

1672 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I (ed. 2) iii. x. 99 The Obtenebration of the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Light.

1719 G. Bickerton tr. Accurate Disquis. in Physick xi. 29 A Cataract is a confirmed Suffusion, and the beginning Cataract is an Obtenebration of the Sight.

a1790 J. H. Beattie Ess. & Fragments (1794) iii. i. 237 I have laboured my style with the greatest attention: I have endeavoured to make it..close without obtenebration, perspicuous without languor, and strong without impetuosity.

1881 E. M. Boddy Hist. Salt ii. 25 The dense obtenebration with which the object is surrounded.

1905 L. W. Crippen Olympus & Fuji Yama 45 This is the ideal with which Japan emerges from her period of restraint, of obtenebration; this is the spirit which, actuating her warriors, has enabled them to conquer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	obtenebration
释义	† obtenebrationn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin obtenebration-, obtenebratio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin obtenebration-, obtenebratio obscuration, darkening (5th cent.) < obtenebrat- , past participial stem of obtenebrare obtenebrate v. + -io -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French obtenebration (16th cent.). Compare later tenebration n. at tenebrate adj. Derivatives. Now rare. The condition of being overshadowed or darkened; a darkening or blacking-out; shade or gloom. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [noun] > making or becoming dark, dim, or obscure obscurationa1550 overcasting1598 obnubilation1610 obtenebration1626 overclouding1648 offuscation1756 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §725 In every Megrim, or Vertigo, there is an Obtenebration joyned with a Semblance of Turning Round. 1672 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I (ed. 2) iii. x. 99 The Obtenebration of the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Light. 1719 G. Bickerton tr. Accurate Disquis. in Physick xi. 29 A Cataract is a confirmed Suffusion, and the beginning Cataract is an Obtenebration of the Sight. a1790 J. H. Beattie Ess. & Fragments (1794) iii. i. 237 I have laboured my style with the greatest attention: I have endeavoured to make it..close without obtenebration, perspicuous without languor, and strong without impetuosity. 1881 E. M. Boddy Hist. Salt ii. 25 The dense obtenebration with which the object is surrounded. 1905 L. W. Crippen Olympus & Fuji Yama 45 This is the ideal with which Japan emerges from her period of restraint, of obtenebration; this is the spirit which, actuating her warriors, has enabled them to conquer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1626
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