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tenebrosity

noun
ten·e·bros·i·ty | \-sətē-i\
plural -es

Definition of tenebrosity 

: darkness switches off the light, calls for the first slide, and talks for three quarters of an hour in Stygian tenebrosity — Lancet

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History and Etymology for tenebrosity

Medieval Latin tenebrositat-, tenebrositas, from Latin tenebrosus dark + -itat-, -itas ity

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