umbrous
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
/ˈʌmbɹəs/
Definition of umbrous
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Umbral, shadowy, or relating to shadows.
“[Quoting Leonardo da Vinci:] Just as there are luminous bodies that emit luminous rays, so there are “umbrous” bodies that emit shadowing rays. An umbrous body is something solid and dense that blocks and creates (casts or projects) shadow, an[…]”
“... drowned in umbrous shadow.”
“Indeed, human hope and aspiration has its too-brilliant facet, just as does the self have its too-umbrous shadow: "I don't know if it is reasonable to propose a 'radiant future' to tomorrow's humanity, but we would do well not[…]"”
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adj
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Umbral, shadowy, or relating to shadows.
“[Quoting Leonardo da Vinci:] Just as there are luminous bodies that emit luminous rays, so there are “umbrous” bodies that emit shadowing rays. An umbrous body is something solid and dense that blocks and creates (casts or projects) shadow, an[…]”
“... drowned in umbrous shadow.”
“Indeed, human hope and aspiration has its too-brilliant facet, just as does the self have its too-umbrous shadow: "I don't know if it is reasonable to propose a 'radiant future' to tomorrow's humanity, but we would do well not[…]"”
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Of an umber colour.
“Color in alcohol dark umber, largely uniform, […] Fins all umbrous, or rather dark brown.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
umbra + -ous
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