Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

umbratilous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: um-bratilous
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shadowy; faint; secluded; indistinct; vague; latent; indeterminate.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"For the handling of Final Causes the Physicks, hath intercepted, and banisht the enquiry of Physical causes; and hath given men occasion to rest satisfied in such specious, and umbratilous Causes; and not thorowly to urge and press the enquiry of real and truly Physical Causes."
"[…] and should doubtless do our best, through horrid yells and tintinnabulations, towards getting up a tremendous counter-irritation upon the earth that should tell mightily on the nerves of this umbratilous tiger in the heavens."

Etymology

From Latin umbra (“shade, shadow”).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more umbratilous (comparative) most umbratilous (superlative)

Questions

What does umbratilous mean?: Shadowy; faint; secluded; indistinct; vague; latent; indeterminate.
Where does umbratilous come from?: From Latin umbra (“shade, shadow”).

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