adumbration
- Noun. (obsolete, arts) Shading.
- Noun. A faint sketch; an outline, a brief representation.
- Noun. (figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation of something.
- Noun. (heraldry) The shadow or outline of a figure.
- Noun. (literature) A vague indication of what is to come.
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