Meaning of caliginous | Babel Free

Definitions

Dark, obscure; murky.

archaic, literary

Examples

“Hierapolis is ſeated over-againſt Laodicea, where are to be ſeen baths of hot waters, and the Plutonium. [...] The Plutonium is under the brow of the hill, the entrance into which is no wider than that a man can thruſt himſelf through; yet it is very deep within, of a quadrangular form⟳, containing about the compaſs of half an acre, and is filled with ſuch a thick and caliginous air, that the ground cannot be ſeen.”

“By the time breakfast was announced, the land⟳ had faded into a thin caliginous streak; and, except passing a huge unwieldy Chinese junk, which lay⟳ at anchor, though her lateen sails were hoisted, nothing worthy of note⟳ occurred during the day.”

“Inside the atmosphere was rank and caliginous: fumes rose from puddles, groans sifted through the shadows.”

“They say⟳ the darkest hour is just before the dawn, and caliginous thoughts often swirled through his murky, insomniac mind⟳ as he lay⟳ awake⟳ [...]”

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