umbratile

English

Etymology

From Latin umbratilis, from umbra.

Adjective

umbratile (comparative more umbratile, superlative most umbratile)

1. Shady, shadowy.

Noun

umbratile (plural umbratiles)

1. Someone who spends their time in shade or darkness.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 336:

     Others were just larval forms in the sense of Paracelsus, umbratiles, vampires, ghosts.

Latin

Adjective

umbrātile

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of umbrātilis