caliginous

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French caligineux (“misty; obscure”), or directly from its Latin etymon cālīginōsus (“misty; dark, obscure”). Cālīginōsus is derived from cālīgō, cālīginis (“fog, mist, vapour; darkness, gloom”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈlɪdʒɪnəs/ (General American) enPR: kə-lĭjʹə-nəs, -lĭjʹĭ-, IPA(key): /kəˈlɪd͡ʒənəs/, /-ˈlɪdʒɪ-/ Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪnəs, -ɪdʒənəs Hyphenation UK: ca‧li‧gin‧ous, US: ca‧lig‧i‧nous === Adjective === caliginous (comparative more caliginous, superlative most caliginous) (archaic or literary) Dark, obscure; murky. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dark Antonyms: see Thesaurus:shining ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== caligation caligo ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “caliginous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.