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adumbration

noun

UK/ˌæd.əmˈbreɪ.ʃᵊn/
US/ˌæd.əmˈbreɪ.ʃᵊn/

Definitions of adumbration noun

  1. CountableUncountable

    The act of outlining the main points of something without going into detail, or something that provides these main points.

    • I must concede that my adumbration of yesterday's conference was not sufficiently detailed.

    • In her early works, one can already see an adumbration of the style she would later develop.

    • His proposal was an adumbration of the reforms to come.