caliginousadj.

/kəˈlɪdʒɪnəs/

Forms: Also 1500s calaginous.

Etymology: < Latin cālīginōsus ‘misty’, < cālīgin-em mistiness, obscurity: compare French caligineux.

Misty, dim, murky; obscure, dark; also figurative. (Now archaic.)

ΘΚΠ

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

obscurea1425

opaque?1440

caliginousc1550

half-dark1576

murksome1590

opacousa1627

twilight1645

shadowy1840

twilighty1856

twilighted1865

twilit1869

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 30 Al corrupit humiditeis ande caliginus fumis.

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man viii. f. 98 The liuer maketh the thicker bloud, and that which is calaginous.

1650 tr. N. Caussin Angel of Peace 53 Those men..precipitate themselves into..caliginous observations.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xiii. 443 The goddess enter'd deep the cave Caliginous.

1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy II. 310 That caliginous atmosphere which fills London towards the 10th of November.

1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons II. xii. iii. 268 Her lone little room, full of caliginous corners and nooks.

1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 218.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	caliginous
释义	caliginousadj. /kəˈlɪdʒɪnəs/ Forms: Also 1500s calaginous. Etymology: < Latin cālīginōsus ‘misty’, < cālīgin-em mistiness, obscurity: compare French caligineux. Misty, dim, murky; obscure, dark; also figurative. (Now archaic.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective] > dim, dark, or obscure obscurea1425 opaque?1440 caliginousc1550 half-dark1576 murksome1590 opacousa1627 twilight1645 shadowy1840 twilighty1856 twilighted1865 twilit1869 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 30 Al corrupit humiditeis ande caliginus fumis. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man viii. f. 98 The liuer maketh the thicker bloud, and that which is calaginous. 1650 tr. N. Caussin Angel of Peace 53 Those men..precipitate themselves into..caliginous observations. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xiii. 443 The goddess enter'd deep the cave Caliginous. 1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy II. 310 That caliginous atmosphere which fills London towards the 10th of November. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons II. xii. iii. 268 Her lone little room, full of caliginous corners and nooks. 1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 218. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.c1550
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