adjective

caliginous

ca·li·gin·ous

caliginous · more caliginous · most caliginous

Dark, obscure; murkyDark, obscure; murky.

UK/kəˈlɪdʒɪnəs/US/kəˈlɪd͡ʒənəs/

Meaning

1 senses

(archaic, literary)Dark, obscure; murky.
dark and misty and gloomy

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French caligineux (“misty; obscure”), or directly from its Latin etym

Borrowed from Middle French caligineux (“misty; obscure”), or directly from its Latin etymon cālīginōsus (“misty; dark, obscure”). Cālīginōsus is derived from cālīgō, cālīginis (“fog, mist, vapour; darkness, gloom”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns).

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