umbrage — ODE

umbrage /ˈʌmbrɪdʒ

▸ noun [mass noun]

1 offence or annoyance:

she took umbrage at his remarks.

2 archaic shade or shadow, especially as cast by trees.

– DERIVATIVES

umbrageous /ʌmˈbreɪdʒəs

, ˈʌmbrɪdʒəs

/ adjective

– ORIGIN late Middle English (in umbrage (sense 2 of the noun)): 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’.