shroudy

shroudy

(ˈʃraʊdɪ)
adj
offering shelter
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Many atimes, we engaged in lengthy discussions on my submissions here, with him offering astonishing insights into areas that were shroudy on the surface.
I look around the livingroom [sic] full of people busily working at his books and manuscripts, the scene so dry, dark, shroudy industrious.
1951 A Modern Novel Following a brief note about drinking and the figure of the "Shroudy Stranger," Kerouac then added: