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Webster 1913 Edition
umbrageous
um-bra′geous
(ŭm-brā′jŭs; 277)
, Adj.
[Cf. F.
ombrageux
shy, skittish, suspicious, in OF. also, shady. See Umbrage
.] 1.
Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded;
as,
. umbrageous
trees or foliageUmbrageous
grots and cavesOf cool recess, o’er which the mantling vine
Lays forth her purple grape.
Milton.
2.
Not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded; obscure.
[Obs.]
Sir H. Wotton.
3.
Feeling jealousy or umbrage; taking, or disposed to take, umbrage; suspicious.
[Obs.]
Bp. Warburton.
– Um-bra′geous-ly
, adv.
Um-bra′geous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Umbrageous
UMBRA'GEOUS
, a.1.
Shading; forming a shade; as umbrageous trees or foliage.2.
Shady; shaded; as an umbrageous grotto or garden.Umbrageous grots, and caves of cool recess.
3.
Obscure.