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tenebroso (iou)



tenebroso noun & adjective. [tene'broso] L19.
[Italian = dark from Latin tenebrosus TENEBROSE.]
A. noun. Pl. -si [-si]. A member of a group of early 17th-cent. Italian painters influenced by Caravaggio, whose work is characterized by dramatic contrasts of light and shade. L19.
b. adjective. Designating the style of this group of painters. L19.