Adumbration

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /adÊŒmˈbɹeɪʃ(É™)n/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Origin

From the Latin adumbrātiō, from adumbrō.

Full definition of adumbration

Noun

1. (obsolete, arts) Shading.
2. A faint sketch; an outline, a brief representation.
3. (figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation of something.
• 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 238:The merest adumbration of an apology on Baron Veen's part would clinch the matter with a token of gracious finality.
4. (heraldry) The shadow or outline of a figure.
5. (literature) A vague indication of what is to come.