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单词 umbrosity
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umbrosityn.

Etymology: < Latin umbrōsitas, < umbrōsus : see umbrose adj. and -ity suffix. Compare Italian ombrosità, obsolete French ombrosité, umbrosité.
Obsolete. rare.
The state or condition of being shady.
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the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > opacity > [noun]
cloudiness1594
opacity1634
umbrosity1646
opaqueness1647
opacousness1656
filminess1870
intransparency1902
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [noun] > casting of a shadow > overshadowing > shadiness
shadiness1611
umbrageousness1614
umbrosity1646
umbraciousness1661
umbriferousness1727
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 55 Oyled paper..becommeth more transparent, and admits the visible rayes with lesse umbrosity . View more context for this quotation
1653 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) v. 100 Kypler would not have this notion neglected, that the Haires of the Eye-lids, do chiefly conduce by their umbrosity.
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