Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Being in the shade or in retirement; secluded.
- Pertaining to or resembling a shadow or shadows; shadowy.
- Unreal; unsubstantial.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Umbratic.
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- adjective
Shady ,shadowy . - noun Someone who spends their time in
shade ordarkness .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sometimes Boyle felt that although humans are made in God's image they, like other created beings, are "at their best but umbratile, and Arbitrary Pictures of God their Creatour" (BP 4: 4, BOA §2. 2.38, p. 145).
Sticky Wants to Grab 2009
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Evelyn, “borne on a branch set with thorns, and accompanied with the lily, are natural hieroglyphics of our fugitive, umbratile, anxious, and transitory life, which, making so fair a show for a time, is not yet without its thorns and crosses.”
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Evelyn, "borne on a branch set with thorns and accompanied with the lily, are natural hieroglyphics of our fugitive, umbratile, anxious, and transitory life, which, making so fair a show for a time, is not yet without its thorns and crosses."
The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon Washington Irving 1821
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See umbratic
July 9, 2008