Wiktionary:Word of the day/2020/January 9

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Word of the day
for January 9
adumbration n
  1. (uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
  2. (countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
    1. (specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (image displayed on an escutcheon), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
  3. (countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
  4. (countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
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