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umbration

noun

Adumbration; shadow or outline.

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Meanings

nounumbration (plural umbrations)

plural umbrations

uncommonAdumbration; shadow or outline.
... but for similitude of properties and Divine gifts; which, though resembling, are yet but faint shadows and umbrations of that sublime nature;[…]
1850, John Evelyn, The History of Religion. A Rational Account of the True Religion ... Now First Published ... from the Original MS. ... Edited, with Notes, by ... R. M. Evanson, page 192

Origin

From umbra + -ation.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tambourin brumation

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “umbration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbration.

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