umbraticadj.
/ʌmˈbratɪk/ rare.
1. Shadowy, foreshadowing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [adjective]
prognostica1500
prefigurative?1504
prenunciative1555
presignificant1576
shadowing1579
presignificative1588
prenuncious1656
umbratica1677
forecoming1860
foresignifying1860
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 386 By virtue whereof indeed those υΠοδειγμἀτἀ, and σκιἀι, umbratick representations (or insinuations) did obtain their substance, validity and effect.
2. Confined to the shade or to retirement; retired, secluded.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [adjective]
reclusedc1443
quiet1507
withdrawing1576
secluse1597
reclusive1600
secluded1604
recluse1608
withdrawn?1615
sequestering1620
monastica1631
anchorite1639
solitousa1656
sequestered1658
snug1710
hermitish1812
anchoritish1823
umbratic1839
Garboesque1928
Garboic1937
1839 T. De Quincey in Tait's Edinb. Mag. June 364 The torpid dreams of what the Romans called an umbratic experience.
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