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John the Baptist (John in the Wilderness), by Caravaggio, 1604, in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. Tenebrism, from Italian tenebroso ('dark, gloomy, mysterious'), also occasionally called dramatic illumination, is a style of painting using especially pronounced chiaroscuro, where there are violent contrasts of light and dark, and where darkness becomes a dominating feature of the ...
The terms esoteric and arcane can also be used to describe the occult, [4] [5] in addition to their meanings unrelated to the supernatural. The term occult sciences was used in the 16th century to refer to astrology, alchemy, and natural magic, which today are considered pseudosciences.
As of 2022 there is no agreed quantitative definition of dunkelflaute. [7] Li et al. define it as wind and solar both below 20% of capacity during a particular 60-minute period. [8] High albedo of low-level stratocumulus clouds in particular – sometimes the cloud base height is just 400 meters – can reduce solar irradiation by half. [6]
Term meaning 'black' in various Indo-Aryan languages, referring to the dark skin colour of South Asian Muslims. The term originally was targeted at all Muslims of South Asia, but more recently is used as a slur directly against Rohingyas due to their perceived Bangladeshi origin.
Informal Spanish word used to denote security forces operating for the federal government. Equivalent of "fed". [4] Glow in the dark, Glowie, Glows, Glowfag, Glownigger The term was coined by Terry A. Davis, a computer programmer diagnosed with schizophrenia, who allegedly believed that the CIA was stalking and harassing him. "Glowie" is often ...
The meaning of the word Érebos (Ἔρεβος) is "darkness" or "gloom", referring to that of the Underworld. [3] It derives from the Proto-Indo-European *h₁regʷ-os-("darkness"), and is cognate with the Sanskrit rájas ("dark (lower) air, dust"), the Armenian erek ("evening"), the Gothic riqis, and the Old Norse røkkr ("dark, dust").
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
Dark arts or dark art may refer to: Magic (supernatural), beliefs and actions employed to influence supernatural beings and forces "Arcane magic" (or "esoteric magic"), magic kept in the dark, secret magic, magic hidden from the public eye; Black magic (or "dark magic"), the use of supernatural powers for evil and selfish purposes