Word Of The Day
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jazzy_daveToday's wonderful word is -
umbrageous
adjective
1. creating or providing shade; shady:
an umbrageous tree.
2. apt to take offense.
ORIGIN OF UMBRAGEOUS
First recorded in 1580–90; umbrage + -ous
Literary references -
Weymouth lay, dreamy and umbrageous, among the low foothills along the brow of a Southern valley.
ROADS OF DESTINY|O. HENRY
Another argument is drawn from the umbrageous character of the Lynn woods.
THE GENTLE READER|SAMUEL MCCHORD CROTHERS
umbrageous
adjective
1. creating or providing shade; shady:
an umbrageous tree.
2. apt to take offense.
ORIGIN OF UMBRAGEOUS
First recorded in 1580–90; umbrage + -ous
Literary references -
Weymouth lay, dreamy and umbrageous, among the low foothills along the brow of a Southern valley.
ROADS OF DESTINY|O. HENRY
Another argument is drawn from the umbrageous character of the Lynn woods.
THE GENTLE READER|SAMUEL MCCHORD CROTHERS
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