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[ˈʌmbrɪdʒ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- offence or annoyance
(e.g: she took umbrage at his remarks)
- shade or shadow, especially as cast by trees
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Origin
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late Middle English (in umbrage): from Old French, from Latin umbra ‘shadow’. An early sense was ‘shadowy outline’, giving rise to ‘ground for suspicion’, whence the current notion of ‘offence’
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