† obscurousadj.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: French obscur ; Latin obscūrus ; -ous suffix.

Etymology: < Middle French obscur or its etymon classical Latin obscūrus obscure adj. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier obscure adj.

Obsolete. rare.

Dark, gloomy, obscure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective]

duneOE

thestera900

thestria900

wana1000

darkfulOE

fadec1290

obscurousa1492

black-faced1562

murkyc1590

gloomy1594

tenebrous1599

solemn1604

overcast1616

mungy1632

shady1746

sombrous1754

sombre1760

gloomyish1821

gloomfula1849

ebonine1881

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xlviii. f. lxxxxi^v/2 A countree, where the sonne ne the mone dyde not shyne, but there were derke tenebrees and obscurous [Fr. obscures].

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

单词	obscurous
释义	† obscurousadj. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: French obscur ; Latin obscūrus ; -ous suffix. Etymology: < Middle French obscur or its etymon classical Latin obscūrus obscure adj. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier obscure adj. Obsolete. rare. Dark, gloomy, obscure. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective] duneOE thestera900 thestria900 wana1000 darkfulOE fadec1290 obscurousa1492 black-faced1562 murkyc1590 gloomy1594 tenebrous1599 solemn1604 overcast1616 mungy1632 shady1746 sombrous1754 sombre1760 gloomyish1821 gloomfula1849 ebonine1881 a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xlviii. f. lxxxxi^v/2 A countree, where the sonne ne the mone dyde not shyne, but there were derke tenebrees and obscurous [Fr. obscures]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.a1492
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