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单词 obfusticate
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obfusticatev.

Brit. /ɒbˈfʌstᵻkeɪt/, U.S. /ɑbˈfəstəˌkeɪt/
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: obfuscate v.
Etymology: Humorous alteration of obfuscate v. Compare earlier obflisticate v. and later confusticate v.
colloquial (humorous). Chiefly U.S.
transitive. = obfuscate v. Usually in passive.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > make obscure [verb (transitive)]
obfusk1490
darken1526
obfuscate1536
perplex1547
overcloudc1550
offuscate1567
obscure1584
offusque1599
intenebrate1618
tenebrificatec1743
nubilate1801
riddle1817
obscurify1826
obfusticate1834
fog1847
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > render obscure [verb (transitive)]
cloud1548
denigrate1583
befog1601
brangle1608
diffuse1608
bedim1816
obfusticate1834
fuzz1907
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 5 June 2/3 The Colonel [sc. Davy Crockett], on the result being known, swore ‘he'd be te-to-natiously obfusticated if he would take the office on any conditions.’
1850 in S. Wales Evening Post (2000) 29 Apr. 15 The much respected chairman of the SWR, though confessing his intellect ‘obfusticated’ by the clamour of the day.
1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Mar. 267 Fog..in the chancery court..the learned counsel laboring, struggling and floundering in it, the whole proceeding buried, hidden and obfusticated under it.
1997 Re: Behe's Last Laugh in talk.origins (Usenet newsgroup) 13 Feb. Behe conveniently ignores and obfusticates the real mechanism of evolutionary change.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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