semiobscure

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adjective

Somewhat obscure.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectivesemiobscure (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSomewhat obscure.

    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.

    2009 July 19, Carlo Rotella, “The Genre Artist”, in New York Times
  2. not comparablebiologyOf the wings of insects: deeply tinged with brownish-grey, but semitransparent.

Origin

From semi- + obscure.

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APA

semiobscure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiobscure

MLA

“semiobscure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiobscure. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semiobscure,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiobscure.

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