Etymology

tenebrism

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Today it means: A style of painting using very pronounced chiaroscuro, with darkness a dominating feature of the image. Full definition →

Italian tenebrismo ← Latin tenebrōsus
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  1. Latin · derived fromtenebrōsus“dark, gloomy”
  2. Italian · borrowed fromtenebrismo
  3. English todaytenebrism

From Italian tenebrismo, from tenebroso + -ismo, from Latin tenebrōsus (“dark, gloomy”).

Words from the same roots

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