Umbrosity

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Shade, shadiness. rare, uncountable

    "the interstitial divisions being continuated by the accession of oil, it becometh more transparent, and admits the visible rays with less umbrosity"

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"the interstitial divisions being continuated by the accession of oil, it becometh more transparent, and admits the visible rays with less umbrosity"

Etymology

From umbrose + -ity, or borrowed from Latin umbrōsitās.

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