#verbal adjective

• Adumbrating element — Shedding light shade, partially shading, or casting into penumbra an object, landscape, or persona; a factor or element that symbolically prefigures or discretely suggests an idea, outcome, or hidden trait. As a stylistic adjective, it describes an object shielding from direct light or a narrative plot element acting as a veiled anticipation tool. As a noun, it points to a physical vector or artistic device generating shadow or mystery.