Meanings
comparative more obnubilous · superlative most obnubilous · alternative obnubelous
- obsoleterareOverclouded, cloudy.
15th century, unknown translator, Ranulf Higden (original), Polychronicon the obnubilous and clowdy processe of this mater y-desirede
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1679–1680, William Perse, Journal of his voyage from England to Bantam and backhttp://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&doc=IAMS040-002116059&displayMode=full&vid=IAMS_VU2
Origin
- Middle Englishobnubilous“indistinct, obscure, muddled”
- Englishobnubilous
Inherited from the Middle English obnubilous (“indistinct, obscure, muddled”). By surface analysis, ob- + Latin nubil- + -ous.
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