caliginous

caliginous
caliginosity /keuh lij'euh nos"i tee/, caliginousness, n.caliginously, adv.
/keuh lij"euh neuhs/, adj. Archaic.
misty; dim; dark.
[1540-50; < L caliginosus misty, equiv. to caligin- (s. of caligo) mist + -osus -OUS]

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