tenebrific

[ ten-uh-brif-ik ]

adjective

1. producing darkness.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tenebrific¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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