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Webster 1913 Edition
Umbratile
Um′bra-tile
,Adj.
[L.
umbratilus
, fr. umbra
shade.] Umbratic.
[R.]
B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Umbratile
UM'BRATILE
,Adj.
1.
Being in the shade.2.
Unreal; unsubstantial.3.
Being in retirement; secluded; as an umbratile life. [Little used.]Definition 2024
umbratile
umbratile
English
Adjective
umbratile (comparative more umbratile, superlative most umbratile)
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 neuter singular of umbrātilis
- accusative neuter singular of umbrātilis
- vocative neuter singular of umbrātilis