adumbration
4 antonyms for adumbration — opposites grouped by meaning.
Noun — The condition of being in shade, or, as a countable noun, a shadow itself.
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1. noun
The condition of being in shade, or, as a countable noun, a shadow itself.
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2. noun
A rough or symbolic picture of something, or an early, unclear sign of what is to come.
“The merest adumbration of an apology on Baron Veen's part would clinch the matter with a token of gracious finality.”
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Etymology
Comes from Latin adumbrātiō (“sketch; outline, silhouette; pretence, semblance”) plus -ion (suffix indicating a condition or state). Adumbrātiō itself derives from adumbrāre (present active infinitive of adumbrō, “to represent an object with light and shade, to shade; to represent in outline, to outline, silhouette, sk...
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