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Synonyms & Antonyms of caliginous
being without light or without much light
- without a flashlight, there was no way to tell what kind of creatures lurked in the caliginous cave
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- ablaze,
- agleam,
- aglitter,
- alight,
- beaming,
- beamy,
- effulgent,
- glaring,
- glowing,
- incandescent,
- lambent,
- radiant,
- relucent,
- resplendent,
- shining,
- sparkling
- floodlit
- (also floodlighted),
- highlighted,
- spotlighted
- (or spotlit)
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“Caliginous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caliginous. Accessed 1 Oct. 2020.
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The first known use of caliginous was circa 1550
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