Friday, January 16, 2009

Word of the day: Nubilous

(from Wordsmith)
Nubilous
MEANING:
adjective: 1. Cloudy, misty, or foggy. 2. Vague or obscure.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin nubilosus (cloudy), from nubes (cloud).
USAGE:
"Antonioni is probably best known for Blow-Up, a nubilous 1966 drama set in swinging London about a fashion photographer who comes to believe that a photograph he took of two lovers in a public park also shows, hidden in the background, evidence of a murder."
Rick Lyman; Michelangelo Antonioni, Subversive Filmmaker; International Herald Tribune (Paris, France); August 1, 2007.

"All of which nubilous musing serves little purpose, except to show that cloud-gazing, as a way of passing time, has appealed to all humanity since the earliest of times."
Andy Drought; We Really Don't Know Clouds At All; The Herald (Glasgow, UK); Oct 27, 2001.

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