单词 | obscurer |
释义 | obscurern. rare. A person who or thing which obscures or hides something. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [noun] > making obscure > one who or that which obscures obscurer1534 shader1728 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [noun] > source of obscurity misteOE obscurer1869 1534 G. Joye in tr. Jeremy Prophete Pref. sig. A.viv The Prophetis be the expowners & declarers of the lawe & not ye obscurers and derkeners there of. 1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects 24 A waster and obscurer of such louelynesse. 1767 S. Paterson Another Trav. I. 76 Time, the common obscurer of many a good story. 1869 Daily News 23 Nov. It was fortunate that we were not dependent for illumination on these patent obscurers. 1994 Man 29 400 They function..as charters, obscurers of societal contradictions, celebrators of morality, and so on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1534 |
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