Also 6 calaginous. [ad. L. cālīginōs-us ‘misty,’ f. cālīgin-em mistiness, obscurity: cf. F. caligineux.] Misty, dim, murky; obscure, dark; also fig. (Now arch.)
1548. Compl. Scot., 38. Al corrupit humiditeis, ande caliginus fumis.
1578. Banister, Hist. Man, viii. 98. The liuer maketh the thicker bloud and that which is calaginous.
1650. trans. Caussin’s Ang. Peace, 6/2. Who observes not those men who stray from the Canons of heavenly Wisdome precipitate themselves into devious enormities and caliginous observations?
1790. Cowper, Odyss., XIII. 443. The goddess enter’d deep the cave Caliginous.
1794. Mrs. Piozzi, Synon., II. 310. That caliginous atmosphere which fills London towards the 10th of November.
1849. Lytton, Caxtons, II. XII. lxi. Her lone little room, full of caliginous corners and nooks.
1849. Tait’s Mag., XVI. 218. The caliginous atmosphere of Leeds or Glasgow.
