tenebrose

English

Etymology

From Middle English tenebrose, from Old French tenebros, from Latin tenebrōsus (“dark, gloomy”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛnɪbɹəʊs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛnəbɹoʊs/

Adjective

tenebrose (comparative more tenebrose, superlative most tenebrose) (uncommon)

1. Dark, tenebrous.
2. (figuratively) Obscure; obtuse; incomprehensible.
3. (figuratively) Morally, culturally or mentally benighted; backward; uncivilized.
4. (figuratively) Gloomy.

Usage notes

• Much less common than tenebrous.

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *temH- (0 c, 15 e)

Further reading

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “tenebrose, a.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• beerstone

Italian

Adjective

tenebrose

1. feminine plural of tenebroso

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /te.neˈbroː.se/, [t̪ɛnɛˈbroːs̠ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.neˈbro.se/, [t̪eneˈbrɔːs̬e]

Adjective

tenebrōse

1. vocative masculine singular of tenebrōsus

References

• “tenebrose”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tenebrus

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman tenebrous, from Latin tenebrōsus.

Adjective

tenebrose

1. dark, gloomy

Descendants

• English: tenebrous

References

• “tenebrọ̄se, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.