obnubilate

American  

[ob-noo-buh-leyt, -nyoo-] / ɒbˈnu bəˌleɪt, -ˈnju- /

verb (used with object)

obnubilated, obnubilating

1. to cloud over; becloud; obscure.

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obnubilate British  

/ ɒbˈnjuːbɪˌleɪt /

verb

1. literary (tr) to darken or obscure

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Other Word Forms

• obnubilation
  noun

Etymology

Origin of obnubilate

First recorded in 1575–85; from Latin obnūbilātus, past participle of obnūbilāre “to darken, obscure,” equivalent to ob- ob- + nūbilāre “to become cloudy,” verbal derivative of nūbilus “cloudy”; see nubilous

Example Sentences

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obnubilate obnubilated

This contained a liberal amount of sonorous words derived from the Latin, such as "campestral," "lapidescent," "obnubilate," and "adventitious."

From History of American Literature by Reuben Post Halleck

Mostly, though, we are obnubilated by a culture that implies that how things are is how they ought to be.

From US News ● Mar. 28, 2016

Now, by my knighthood," answered Sir Piercie, "your lovely faculties either of mind or body are, O my most fair Discretion, obnubilated by some strange hallucination.

From The Monastery by Sir Walter Scott

Love and jealousy are often companions, and excess of both had quite obnubilated the eyes of my understanding.

From Three Hours after Marriage by John Arbuthnot