unluminous

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The night was black -- that unluminous blackness that seems to swallow everything, even objects near at hand.

The Fire People Ray Cummings 1922
In which the Burdens of wealth begin to fall upon Us. If the town be considered as a quiescent body pursuing its unluminous way in space, Mr. Elkins may stand for the impinging planet which shocked it into vibrant life.

Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic Herbert Quick 1893
Something of definiteness was to be desired in the spectacle, but there was ample compensation in the mystery with which the broad effulgence and the dense unluminous shadows of the moonshine invested it.

Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878
Something of definiteness was to be desired in the spectacle, but there was ample compensation in the mystery with which the broad effulgence and the dense unluminous shadows of the moonshine invested it.

Their Wedding Journey William Dean Howells 1878
Above all places, the unluminous combustion in Avignon and the Comtat

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
A tragical combustion, long smoking and smouldering unluminous, has now burst into flame there.

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838