semiobscure

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ obscure.

Adjective

semiobscure (not comparable)

1. Somewhat obscure.
   • 2009 July 19, Carlo Rotella, “The Genre Artist”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     It’s a literary tribute album, in effect, on which reliable earners acknowledge the influence of a respectably semiobscure national treasure by covering his songs.

2. (zoology) Of the wings of insects: deeply tinged with brownish-grey, but semitransparent.