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caliginous

Pronunciation: /kəˈlɪdʒɪnəs/
adjective
literary
Dark, dim, or misty.

Origin
Mid 16th-century: from Latin caliginosus ‘misty’, from caligo, caligin- ‘mistiness’.

Bugsy never missed the opportunity to pose in a caliginous scene -- wearing his signature trenchcoat, of course.

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