umbrageous
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective Forming or affording a shade; shading; shady.
- adjective Shaded; shady: as, an umbrageous glen.
- adjective Obscure; doubtful, as if from being darkened or shaded; hence, suspicious; “rather shady.”
- adjective Apt or disposed to take offense; taking umbrage.
Examples
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He was "umbrageous," ready to be discomposed by the action of others, but, if not vexed or startled, he was elaborately courteous.
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Sometimes it feels as if we could be in northern Florida, or maybe even southern Ohio, following backcountry tributaries through the umbrageous boondocks -- searching for beer and sniffing out adventure.
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He could behold beneath his eye, the lower part of the decayed village, as its ruins peeped from the umbrageous shelter with which they were shrouded.
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He put the roses in his breast and they walked on for a little while, slowly and silently, under the umbrageous trees.
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But he made no reply, and without further pause the pedestrian plunged towards the umbrageous nook, and paced cautiously over the dead leaves which nearly buried the road or street of the hamlet.
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Would it be a rash wager — a wager of one thousand to one — that a day never passed over the heads of these boys without finding at least one of them ensconced in the umbrageous hall, and enthroned upon its natural throne?
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In some spots the Milola, an umbrageous hibiscus, with large yellowish flowers, grows in masses along the bank.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries
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Not without reason was it often asserted by the regular frequenters of the Porters, that when the light shone full upon the grain of certain panels, and particularly upon an old corner cupboard of walnut-wood in the bar, you might trace little forests there, and tiny trees like the parent tree, in full umbrageous leaf.
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The only child of a beautiful and spirited American mother and an English country squire who fancied fox-hounds and topiary, Nancy was brought up in a vast umbrageous house, Nevill Holt, in Northamptonshire.
Note
The word 'umbrage' comes ultimately from a Latin word meaning 'shadow'.
