Tenebrous means 'obscure' or 'murky,' but there's nothing unclear about its history. Etymologists know that the word derives from the Latin noun tenebrae, which means 'darkness.' Tenebrous has been
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If you're ready to take your vocabulary lying down, you'll want to be familiar with the synonyms recumbent, prone, supine, and prostrate, all of which mean 'lying down.' Recumbent, which derives from