EGAVE

adumbration

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The state of being in shadow or shade; a shadow.
  2. noun A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline. The supposed practice of displaying only outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
  3. noun The supposed practice of displaying only outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
  4. noun A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
  5. noun The form of an object as seen by an observer.

Similar words

shadowiness shadow darkness umbrosity shadiness dimness obscuration infuscation antishadow obnubilation

Often followed by

of in and is or

Word family

adumbrate adumbrated adumbrates adumbrating adumbrations adumbrative adumbratively

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