obnubilatedadj.
/ɒbˈnjuːbᵻleɪtɪd/, U.S. /ɑbˈn(j)ubəˌleɪdᵻd/ Now rare.
Obscured, indistinct; darkened, clouded over.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective]
higheOE
dighela1000
deepc1000
darkOE
starkOE
dusk?c1225
subtle1340
dimc1350
subtilea1393
covert1393
mystica1398
murka1400
cloudyc1400
hard?c1400
mistyc1400
unclearc1400
diffuse1430
abstractc1450
diffused?1456
exquisitec1460
obnubilous?a1475
obscure?a1475
covered1484
intricate?a1500
nice?a1500
perplexeda1500
difficilea1513
difficult1530
privy1532
smoky1533
secret1535
abstruse?1549
difficul1552
entangled1561
confounded1572
darksome1574
obnubilate1575
enigmatical1576
confuse1577
mysteriousa1586
Delphic1598
obfuscatea1600
enfumed1601
Delphicala1603
obstruse1604
abstracted1605
confused1611
questionable1611
inevident1614
recondite1619
cryptic1620
obfuscated1620
transcendent1624
Delphian1625
oraculous1625
enigmatic1628
recluse1629
abdite1635
undilucidated1635
clouded1641
benighted1647
oblite1650
researched1653
obnubilated1658
obscurative1664
tenebrose1677
hyperbyssal1691
condite1695
diffusive1709
profound1710
tenebricose1730
oracular1749
opaque1761
unenlightening1768
darkling1795
offuscating1798
unrecognizable1817
tough1820
abstrusive1848
obscurant1878
out-of-focus1891
unplumbable1895
inenubilable1903
non-transparent1939
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective] > dim, dark, or obscure > darkened or obscured
cestreda1300
withschadowid1398
yshadewedc1400
obscuredc1485
obfuscatec1487
obscuratea1550
obnubilate1575
shadowed1600
overclouded1603
obfuscated1789
obnubilated1939
1658 T. C. in T. Flatman Naps upon Parnassus sig. B3 Upon the Gurmundizing Quagmires and most Adiaphanous Bogs, of the Author's obnubilated Roundelayes.
1765 C. Smart tr. Psalms David xlvii. 44 The heathen also he controuls, In whose obnubilated souls His image is effac'd.
1809 J. Hutton School for Prodigals iii. i. 27 I view the book of fate and on its once obnubilated leaves, I view the future, dark and dreary as the past was fair!
1830 R. Chambers Life James I I. ix. 246 He found his mind in that obnubilated state.
1839 G. Raymond in New Monthly Mag. 55 514 Some narration of ‘himself and times’, whereby his obnubilated patronymic might transpire to the fullest content.
1939 E. Pound Let. 7 Nov. (1971) 330 I loathe and always have loathed Indian art... Obnubilated, short curves, muddle, jungle, etc.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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