Tenebralis
adjective
Aging feels like watching loved ones transform into faded echoes, specters of their former selves, even as we cling to the belief in something eternal within us—a strange duality between the visible decay and an unseen tenacity of spirit that refuses to vanish.
From Latin 'tenebrae' (darkness, shadows) + Latin 'alis' (pertaining to), capturing the shadowy essence of fading vitality. Pronounced 'ten-uh-BRAH-lis'
