macroscian

\(ˈ)ma|kräsh(ē)ən\ adjective

Etymology: Greek makroskios (from makr- macr- + -skios, from skia shadow) + English -an — more at shine

: having or casting a long shadow

that macroscian day which I had dreaded for so long — Osbert Sitwell

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macroscian, a. and n.

(məˈkrɒʃɪən)

[f. Gr. µακρόσκιος, f. µακρό-ς long + σκία shadow. Cf. antiscian.]

a. adj. Having a long shadow. b. n. One having a long shadow, an inhabitant of the polar regions.

In some mod. Dicts.