caliginous

1. 1.

   dark and misty and gloomy

   Similardark

Questions about caliginous

What does caliginous mean?

caliginous means "dark and misty and gloomy".

How many syllables are in caliginous?

caliginous has 4 syllables and divides as ca-li-gi-nous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is caliginous a common word?

caliginous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.