Middle English Dictionary Entry
tenebrọ̄se adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | tenebrọ̄se adj. Also tenebrus. |
| Etymology | OF tenebros, -ose, -ous, -us & L tenebrōsus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Dark in color; gloomy.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)111a/b : Consider he..his eyen..If þe white of hem be tenebrose [L tenebrosa], i. derke.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)111b/a : Consider he..þe colour of al þe body if it be tenebrose, i. derke.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)1169 : Cerberus Had hem beshut withyn hys gates tenebrus.