obnebulate

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verb

To cloud or obscure (something).

OriginMedieval Latin obnebulatus →
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Meanings

verbobnebulate (third-person singular simple present obnebulates, present participle obnebulating, simple past and past participle obnebulated)

present singular third person obnebulates · participle present obnebulating · participle past obnebulated · past obnebulated

  1. literaryraretransitiveTo cloud or obscure (something).

    The air was obnebulated with murky schemes.

    1969, C[yrus] L[eo] Sulzberger, A Long Row of Candles: Memoirs and Diaries, 1934–1954, Toronto, Ont.: The Macmillan Company, page 100

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinobnebulatus
  2. Englishobnebulate

Borrowed from Medieval Latin obnebulatus, perfect passive participle of obnebulare (“to overcloud”), from ob- + nebula + -are. Compare obnubilate, derived from the unrelated Latin nūbēs.

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APA

obnebulate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obnebulate

MLA

“obnebulate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obnebulate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “obnebulate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obnebulate.

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