† offuscadj.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Immediate etymon uncertain; apparently ultimately < post-classical Latin offuscare offuscate v. Compare Middle French offusque obscure (late 15th cent.), Italian offusco dark, obscure (1611 in Florio). Compare earlier offuscate adj., offuscate v., offusque v. Compare also later obfusc adj.

Obsolete. rare.

That obfuscates or obscures; = obfuscous adj.

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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective] > dark, dusky, or dim

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1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons xi. lii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 287/1 Does it [sc. silence] not wrap a man round with as offusc and impervious a fold?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	offusc
释义	† offuscadj. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Immediate etymon uncertain; apparently ultimately < post-classical Latin offuscare offuscate v. Compare Middle French offusque obscure (late 15th cent.), Italian offusco dark, obscure (1611 in Florio). Compare earlier offuscate adj., offuscate v., offusque v. Compare also later obfusc adj. Obsolete. rare. That obfuscates or obscures; = obfuscous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective] > dark, dusky, or dim browna1000 wana1000 dusk?c1225 blacka1393 duskish1530 dusky1580 blacksome1597 duskyish1794 offusc1849 adusk1856 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons xi. lii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 287/1 Does it [sc. silence] not wrap a man round with as offusc and impervious a fold? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1849
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