obfuscate
Obfuscated; darkened; obscuredObfuscated; darkened; obscured.
» The meaning of this practice was obfuscated by centuries of the practitioners' subjective interpretations.
На протяжении веков значение этой практики было затуманено субъективными интерпретациями практикующих. — shanghainese
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1 senses(obsolete)Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.
Examples
3 sentencesThe meaning of this practice was obfuscated by centuries of the practitioners' subjective interpretations.
ruНа протяжении веков значение этой практики было затуманено субъективными интерпретациями практикующих. — shanghainese
Everyone seems to love to obfuscate the Holocaust.
Don't obfuscate the reality of what happened in the Holocaust by drawing exaggerated comparisons.
Origin
The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1536; either borroThe adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1536; either borrowed from Middle French obfusquer, offusquer, from Old French offusquer, or directly from Late Latin obfuscātus, offuscātus, the perfect passive participle of obfuscō, offuscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin ob- + fuscō (“to darken”). Doublet of dusken (“to darken, make obscure”).
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Forms
more obfuscate, most obfuscate| Comparative | more obfuscate Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most obfuscate Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form