Word of the Day: ADUMBRATE
To augur, outline, or obscure
adumbrate (verb) - to indicate faintly, sketch out, or outline; to foreshadow or prefigure [a-duhm-breyt]
BREAKDOWN: AD- (to) + UMBR- (shade) + -ATE (to make or do)
adumbration is a shadow or faint image; an imperfect representation or precursor
adumbral means shadowy or shady
See also: umbrage
“The real mystery does not behave mysteriously or secretively; it speaks a secret language, it adumbrates itself by a variety of images which all indicate its true nature.” —C.G. Jung
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I've always thought we should have the word "preumberate" to mean to foreshadow. I often use it. Has not caught on yet.