tenebrosity

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tenebrosity

/tɛnɪˈbɹɒsɪti/ UK
/tɛnəˈbɹɒsɪti/ UK
/tɛnəˈbɹɑsəti/ US

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From Middle English tenebrosite, from Old French tenebrosité, ultimately from Latin tenebrae (“darkness”). Compare Medieval Latin tenebrōsitas, French ténébrosité. By surface analysis, tenebrose + -ity.

noun

uncountable The state or quality of being tenebrose or tenebrous. This tenebrosity of the interior, he proceeded to say, hath not been illumined by the wit of the septuagint nor so much as mentioned for the Orient from on high which brake hell’s gates visited a darkness that was foraneous.
Similar: darkness, obscurity, gloom

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noun the state of being tenebrous

Français	ténèbres, ténébrosité
Italiano	tenebrosità

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"tenebrosity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tenebrosity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{tenebrosity_2026,
  title = {tenebrosity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tenebrosity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}