caliginous

Feb. 1st, 2011 07:26 am
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caliginous (kuh-LIJ-uhn-us) - adj., misty, dark, murky, obscure.


No, nothing to do with what's in your joints. Borrowed in the 1540s from Latin cālīginōsus, either directly or via Middle French caligineux, from cālīgō, darkness, gloom, mist.

---L.

Date: 2011-02-01 05:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spacedlaw.livejournal.com
Fabulous! I am always looking for synonyms of dark.

Date: 2011-02-01 06:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com
... should we be worried?

Date: 2011-02-01 08:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] taigerchily.livejournal.com
nothing to do with Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus aka Caligula? (caligula = the diminutive form of caliga meaning "little soldier's boot")

Date: 2011-02-02 12:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com
Apparently not, alas ...

Date: 2011-02-02 06:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] taigerchily.livejournal.com
what a pity :D "misty, dark, murky, obscure" would fit caligula well...

Date: 2011-02-02 01:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com
So would "batshit crazy" ...

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