Friday, October 30, 2009

tenebrous

Word of the Day

Friday, October 30, 2009


tenebrous


\TEN-uh-bruhs\ , adjective;


1. Dark; gloomy.


Origin: Tenebrous derives from Latin tenebrosus, from tenebrae, "darkness."


And lurking behind our every move is the knowledge of our own mortality. It gives life its edgy disquiet, its tenebrous underside.


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