obnebulate
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Medieval Latin obnebulatus, perfect passive participle of obnebulare (“to overcloud”), from ob- + nebula + -are.[1][2] Compare obnubilate, derived from the unrelated Latin nūbēs.
Verb
[edit]obnebulate (third-person singular simple present obnebulates, present participle obnebulating, simple past and past participle obnebulated)
- (transitive, literary, rare) To cloud or obscure (something).
- 1969, C[yrus] L[eo] Sulzberger, A Long Row of Candles: Memoirs and Diaries, 1934–1954, Toronto, Ont.: The Macmillan Company, page 100:
- The air was obnebulated with murky schemes.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “obnebulate, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “obnebulate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
