[Loch-Ruadh] word of the day

[Jane Sitton]

Your daily vocabulary lesson:
tenebrous * \TEH-nuh-bruss\ * (adjective) 1 : shut off from the light :
dark, murky *2 : hard to understand : obscure 3 : causing gloom
Example sentence:  The reasons for Aaron's sudden decision to quit a job he
had seemed to enjoy were tenebrous.
Did you know? "Tenebrous" means "obscure" or "murky," but there's nothing
unclear about its history.  Etymologists know that the word derives from the
Latin noun "tenebrae," which means "darkness."
"Tenebrous" has been used in English since the 15th century, and in the 20th
century it was joined by some interesting relations.
"Tenebrionid" is the name of a nocturnal beetle that is usually dark-colored
and is also called a "darkling beetle."
"Tenebrism" refers to a style of painting-associated with the Italian
painter Caravaggio-in which most of the figures are engulfed in shadow but
some are dramatically illuminated by concentrated light.
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.