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tenebrific

American  
[ten-uh-brif-ik] / ˌtɛn əˈbrɪf ɪk /

adjective

  1. producing darkness.


Etymology

Origin of tenebrific

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

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Now begins "the tenebrific passage of the tale."

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It lightens, it brightens The tenebrific scene, To meet with, and greet with My Davie or my Jean!

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They shine like suns, these two, amid multitudes of watery comets and tenebrific constellations, too sorrowful without such admixture on occasion!

From Project Gutenberg

It lightens, it brightens The tenebrific scene, To meet with, and greet with My Davie, or my Jean!

From Project Gutenberg