Noun: adumbration a-dum'brey-shun
- The act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
"The author's adumbration in the early chapters hinted at the tragic ending";
- prefiguration, foreshadowing
- A sketchy, imperfect or faint representation
"The rough sketch was merely an adumbration of the final painting"
Derived forms: adumbrations
Type of: anticipation, prediction, prevision, representation
Encyclopedia: Adumbration