caliginous

形容词 adj.
/kəˈlɪdʒɪnəs/    /kəˈlɪd͡ʒənəs/|/-ˈlɪdʒɪ-/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Dark, obscure; murky. archaic,literary
    — Hierapolis is ſeated over-againſt Laodicea, where are to be ſeen baths of hot waters, and the Plutonium. [...] The Plutonium is under the brow of the hill, the entrance into which is no wider than that a man can thruſt himſelf through; yet it is very deep within, of a quadrangular form, containing about the compaſs of half an acre, and is filled with ſuch a thick and caliginous air, that the ground cannot be ſeen.

词形变化

more caliginous comparative most caliginous superlative

词源

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).
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