Tenebrous

Tenebrous is a poetic/literaryadjective meaning gloomy, shadowy or dark.  It comes form Latin origins.

The reason it is this week's word is because I was reading a story over the holiday by Joseph Conrad called "Typhoon".  The word "tenebrous" appeared and I looked it up.  "Typhoon" has been described by one critic as "The greatest story about a storm at sea ever written."  It is worth a read, to marvel at the power and ferocity of the sea, the courage of the mariners, and for Conrad's hold on the reader.  (The ending has a neat twist!)

(Mind you, anything by Conrad is worth reading: he is a master story teller).