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Meaning of shroudy | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a shroud.
  2. Affording shelter.

Examples

“[…] a shroudy mist, which gradually assumed an angel form, and revealed the features of my precious sister.”
“If your stray attendance be yet lodg'd Within these shroudie limits.”

Comus

“As when, within a shroudy pumice-rock / Ensconced, a shepherd hath [a swarm of] bees / Traced out, and filled it up with pungent smoke; […]”
“Hence a shroudy tree is one with plenty of branches, affording shroud, or shelter.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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