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Definition of Tenebrific
1. Adjective. Dark and gloomy. "A tenebrous cave"
Definition of Tenebrific
1. a. Rendering dark or gloomy; tenebrous; gloomy.
Definition of Tenebrific
1. Adjective. gloomy ¹
2. Adjective. obscure ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tenebrific
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenebrific
Literary usage of Tenebrific
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"With these is the chosen seat of mysticism ; these are its " tenebrific ...
Now begins The tenebrific passage of the tale. Browning, Ring and Book, I. 123. ..."
2. The Philadelphia Medical Museum by John Redman Coxe (1809)
"As to the " sensation" caused by an influx of tenebrific matter, every person
must be conscious of it on going suddenly from a strong light into a chamber ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... to the ingenuous inquirer, this too is little other than a tenebrific Book;
cannot be read except with sorrow, with torpor and disgust, — and in fine, ..."
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