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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1693
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Tenebriou, n. (17th c. Eng. tenebrion (1656), F. ténébrion (Rabelais); L. tenebrio one who lurks in the dark.) — 1693 Urquhart Rabelais iii xxiv.
The approach of the suns radiant beams expelleth goblins, bugbears … night-walking spirits and tenebrious
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