tenebrosity

noun

ten·​e·​bros·​i·​ty

-sətē,

-i

plural -es

: darkness

switches off the light, calls for the first slide, and talks for three quarters of an hour in Stygian tenebrosity

—Lancet

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin tenebrositat-, tenebrositas, from Latin tenebrosus dark + -itat-, -itas ity

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