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daily_words2010-12-27 02:15 am
erika) wrote in daily_words2010-12-27 02:15 am
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obnubilate
obnubilate
PRONUNCIATION:
(ob-NOO-buh-layt, -NYOO-)
MEANING:
verb tr.: To cloud over, obscure, or darken.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin obnubilare (to darken or obscure), from ob- (in the way) + nubilare (to be cloudy), from nubes (cloud). The word nuance is also a derivative of nubes.
PRONUNCIATION:
(ob-NOO-buh-layt, -NYOO-)
MEANING:
verb tr.: To cloud over, obscure, or darken.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin obnubilare (to darken or obscure), from ob- (in the way) + nubilare (to be cloudy), from nubes (cloud). The word nuance is also a derivative of nubes.