adumbrate
Meaningto shade in; to outline
Common meaning: to outline faintly
- adto, towards
- umbra shadow, shadeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1927 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
‘to, towards’ + ‘a shadow, shade’ → adumbrate
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin umbra ‘a shadow, shade’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry umbra, p. 1927 · dictionary scan
Roots
- umbra Latin “a shadow, shade”
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