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- Latin · borrowed fromadumbrātus“represented in outline”
- English todayadumbrate
Borrowed from Latin adumbrātus (“represented in outline”), from adumbrāre (“cast a shadow on”), from umbra (“shadow”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
adumbrate
Today it means: To foreshadow vaguely. Full definition →
Latin adumbrātus