Word of the Day for Monday, May 24, 2010
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adumbrate \a-DUHM-breyt\, verb:
adumbrate \a-DUHM-breyt\, verb:
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1. To foreshadow; prefigure.
1. To foreshadow; prefigure.
2. To produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
3. To darken or conceal partially; overshadow.
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The past known associates of the B.O. did much to adumbrate what was to come from his presidency; it's too bad that so many voters just didn't care at the time!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Adumbrate derives from Latin adumbrare, "to sketch" (literally, "to shade towards," hence "to foreshadow or prefigure"), from ad-, "towards" + umbrare, "to shade," from umbra, "shadow."
Adumbrate derives from Latin adumbrare, "to sketch" (literally, "to shade towards," hence "to foreshadow or prefigure"), from ad-, "towards" + umbrare, "to shade," from umbra, "shadow."
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