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Definition of Caliginous
1. Adjective. Dark and misty and gloomy.
Definition of Caliginous
1. a. Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure.
Definition of Caliginous
1. Adjective. Which is influenced by darkness or obscurity. ¹
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Definition of Caliginous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caliginous
Literary usage of Caliginous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time by Universal history (1781)
"... any thing elfe primarily by the word Tartarus, than the thick, dark, caliginous
air about the poles, though they afterwards applied it to the country ..."
2. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"And by Tartarus here, in all probability, is meant this lower caliginous air, or
atmosphere of the earth, according to that of St. Austin,* concerning these ..."
3. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget (1883)
"... pitch dark, pitchy ; caliginous ; black &c. (in colour) 431. sunless, lightless
&c. (tee sun, light, &c. 423) ; sombre, dusky ; unilluminated &c. ..."
4. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Allan Menzies, Ernest Cushing Richardson, Bernhard Pick (1885)
"... 45 By the wind's seed excited : by degrees, Bearing a brood globose, it with
the sun Cohered, and with a train caliginous Shut in the cheated day. ..."
5. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... and stuck each on its spit; shedding a feeble glimmer over the physiognomy of
those Fifteen caliginous Mouths, to an imagination that is diligent. ..."
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