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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
umbrageous \umbra"geous\ u^mbr=a"ju^s; 277, a. cf. f.
   ombrageux shy, skittish, suspicious, in of. also, shady. see
   umbrage.
   1. forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as,
      umbrageous trees or foliage.
      1913 webster

            umbrageous grots and caves
            of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine
            lays forth her purple grape.          --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded;
      obscure. obs. --sir h. wotton.
      1913 webster

   3. feeling jealousy or umbrage; taking, or disposed to take,
      umbrage; suspicious. obs. --bp. warburton. --
      umbra"geously, adv. -- umbra"geousness, n.
      1913 webster
see also:
umbrage umbra"geously umbra"geousness 

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