umbratile

English

Etymology

From Latin umbratilis, from umbra.

Adjective

umbratile (comparative more umbratile, superlative most umbratile)

  1. Shady, shadowy.

Noun

umbratile (plural umbratiles)

  1. Someone who spends their time in shade or darkness.
    • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 336:
      Others were just larval forms in the sense of Paracelsus, umbratiles, vampires, ghosts.

Latin

Adjective

umbrātile

  1. nominative neuter singular of umbrātilis
  2. accusative neuter singular of umbrātilis
  3. vocative neuter singular of umbrātilis
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