macroscian

adjective

mac·​ro·​scian

(ˈ)ma¦kräsh(ē)ən

: having or casting a long shadow

that macroscian day which I had dreaded for so long

—Osbert Sitwell

Word History

Etymology

Greek makroskios (from makr- macr- + -skios, from skia shadow) + English -an

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