| Front | tenebrous \TEN-uh-brus\ |
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| Back | adjective 1. Shut off from the light: dark, murky. 2. Hard to understand: obscure. 3. Causing gloom. [From Old French tenebreus, from Latin tenebrosus (dark), from tenebrae (darkness). Earliest documented use: 1420.] “By its very nature rather tenebrous, undercover intelligence gathering blurs the lines between procedure and actual process, making it a difficult area to monitor and regulate.” - Sarah Vine; Radio Choice; The Times (London, UK); Sep 29, 2012. |
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