caliginous

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"French Press," opposing the song's caliginous verses.

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  • "French Press," opposing the song's caliginous verses. —  Independent Weekly: All Recent Stories
  • After which, for above twenty years, Bonneville entered upon a series of adventures, caliginous, underground, for most part; 'soldiering in America,' 'writing anonymous Pamphlets or Books,' roaming wide over the world; and led a busy but obscure and uncertain life, hanging by Berlin as a kind of centre, or by Paris and Berlin as his two centres; and had a miscellaneous series of adventures, subterranean many of them, unluminous all of them, not courting the light; which lie now in naturally a very dark condition. —  History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19
  • And yet so sure is Blanche of her own innocence that they never trouble her dreams in her lone little room, full of caliginous corners and nooks, with the winds moaning round the desolate ruins, and the casements rattling hoarse in the dungeon - like wall. —  The Caxtons — Volume 12
  • And yet so sure is Blanche of her own innocence that they never trouble her dreams in her lone little room, full of caliginous corners and nooks, with the winds moaning round the desolate ruins, and the casements rattling hoarse in the dungeon-like wall. —  The Caxtons — Complete
  • Here, selected from more, are a few "fire-flies," -- not dancing or distracted, but authentic all, and stuck each on its spit; shedding a feeble glimmer over the physiognomy of those Fifteen caliginous Months, to an imagination that is diligent. —  History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16
 

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  1. From Latin cālīginōsus, from cālīgō, cālīgin-, darkness.

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  1. from Latin caliginosus, from caligo (caligin-), darkness: see caligo.
 

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/kæˈlɪdʒɪnəs/
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