tenebrific

[ten-uh-brif-ik] /ˌtɛn əˈbrɪf ɪk/

adjective

producing darkness.

Origin of tenebrific

Latin

1640-1650

1640-50; < Latin tenebr(ae) darkness + -i- + -fic

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The swallow has the same mythical meaning as the cuckoo; it is the joyful herald of spring, emerging from the tenebrific winter.

Zoological Mythology (Volume II) Angelo de Gubernatis

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