UMBRIFEROUS

PRONUNCIATION: (uhm-BRIF-uh-ruhs)

MEANING: adjective: Casting a shadow.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin umbra (shade, shadow) + ferre (to bear). Some related words are umbrella, adumbrate, and somber. Earliest documented use: 1616. __________________

NUMBRIFEROUS - quantitative

LUMBRIFEROUS - made of ironwood

UMP-RIFEROUS - describing a game with too many officials on the field