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caliginous

adjective ca·lig·i·nous \kə-ˈli-jə-nəs\

Definition of CALIGINOUS

:  misty, dark <a caliginous atmosphere>
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Origin of CALIGINOUS

Middle French or Latin; Middle French caligineux, from Latin caliginosus, from caligin-, caligo darkness
First Known Use: 1548

Related to CALIGINOUS

Synonyms
black, dark, darkened, darkish, darkling, darksome, dim, dimmed, dusk, dusky, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure, obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, rayless, somber (or sombre), stygian, tenebrific, tenebrous, unlit
Antonyms
bright, brightened, brilliant, illuminated, illumined, light, lit (or lighted), lightsome, lucent, lucid, luminous

Rhymes with CALIGINOUS

fuliginous, indigenous, polygynous, serpiginous, terrigenous, vertiginous

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