nubilous
AmericanEtymology
Origin of nubilous
First recorded in 1525–35; from Latin nūbilus “cloudy, overcast,” equivalent to nūb(ēs) “cloud” + -ilus, adjective suffix; -ous
Example Sentences
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Good morning on this nubilous Friday.
From New York Times
"You can never be nubilous," he told his friend Archdeacon John Fisher in 1823.
From Slate
The word nubilous appears in place of the originally printed nubient.
From Project Gutenberg
In the adult world days passed before Oley's accidentally acquired pattern of nubilous information on the subject of shorts was enlarged.
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