innubilous

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin innubilus. By surface analysis, in- +‎ nubilous.

Adjective

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innubilous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Cloudless.
    • 1726, The British Apollo, volume 2, page 515:
      No, 'tis a THOUGHT sprung ftom[sic] a ray divine,
      Which will through clouds of lowring critics shine:
      When in a clear innubilous serene,
      The soul's abstracted, purg'd from dross and spleen;
    • 1868, F. FitzGerald, The Course of Divine Love, volume 2, page 99:
      Through bright, innubilous, transparent skies, the sun pours fire that heats the rocks as by the breath of a furnace […]
    • 1982, Iain Paul, Science, Theology and Einstein, page 26:
      With the future in their blood, their innubilous optimism sees little other than the eventual success and the ultimate importance of their researches.
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