caliginous

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    dark and misty and gloomy

Word Origin

caliginous (adj.)
1540s, from Latin caliginosus "misty," from caliginem (nominative caligo) "mistiness, darkness, fog, gloom." Related: Caliginosity.