obtenebration

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noun

The act of darkening, or darkness.

OriginLatin obtenebrate →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

noun
  1. obsoleteThe act of darkening, or darkness.

    In every megrim or vertigo, there is an obtenebration joined with a semblance of turning round.

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinobtenebrate“to make dark”
  2. Englishobtenebration

From Latin obtenebrate (“to make dark”).

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APA

obtenebration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obtenebration

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“obtenebration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obtenebration. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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