Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tenebrosity

/tɛnəˈbɹɑsəti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tene-bros-i-ty
IPA: /tɛnəˈbɹɑsəti/

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being tenebrose or tenebrous.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *temH-, tenebrosite, tenebrosité, tenebrae

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /tɛnəˈbɹɑsəti/
British English: /tɛnɪˈbɹɒsɪti/

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

darkness obscurity gloom

Questions

How do you pronounce tenebrosity?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɛnəˈbɹɑsəti/.
What does tenebrosity mean?: The state or quality of being tenebrose or tenebrous.
Where does tenebrosity come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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