umbratile
English
Etymology
From Latin umbratilis, from umbra.
Adjective
umbratile (comparative more umbratile, superlative most umbratile)
- Shady, shadowy.
Noun
umbratile (plural umbratiles)
- Someone who spends their time in shade or darkness.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 336:
- Others were just larval forms in the sense of Paracelsus, umbratiles, vampires, ghosts.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 336:
Latin
Adjective
umbrātile
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of umbrātilis