Penumbrous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pɪˈnʌmbɹəs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Penumbrous is an adjective meaning Partially shaded.
Meaning
Partially shaded.
More Meanings
- Vague; ill-defined; unclear.
Example Sentences
the penumbrous calm of the cathedral interior
Everyone knows God in his penumbrous knowledge of common esse.
This is that from which metaphor springs dissatisfying, penumbrous - the silence on occult matters, or those of predestination, of genetics or environment - and the source of circumlocution, the ambiguous alchemical directives.
In the early nineteenth century, when high school and college education was a rare experience for the average American citizen, judicial determination of vague, penumbrous fundamental rights was carried out by the educated classes.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shaded, semiprotected, unshaded, semilatent, uncanopied, nonshadowed.
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