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      • obscure (v.) early 15c., obscuren, "to cover (something), cloud over," from obscure (adj.) or else from Old French obscurer, from Latin obscurare "to make dark, darken, obscure," from obscurus. Meaning "to conceal from knowledge or observation, disguise" is from 1520s; that of "to overshadow or outshine" is from 1540s.
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      obscure | Etymology of obscure by etymonline

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  3. www.etymonline.com › tw › wordobscure | "obscure"的詞源、起源與含義 - etymonline

    約公元1400年，“黑暗的”，比喻意義爲“道德上的無知； 陰沉”，源自於12世紀的古法語 obscur ， oscur “黑暗的，陰雲密佈的，灰暗，不清晰”，直接源自於拉丁語 obscurus “黑暗的，昏暗的，陰影的”，比喻意義爲“未知的； 難以理解的； 難以辨別的； 來自 ...

  4. www.oed.com › dictionary › obscure_adjobscure, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford ...

    The earliest known use of the word obscure is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for obscure is from before 1425, in the writing of Geoffrey Chaucer, poet and administrator.

  5. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › obscureobscure - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    • English
    • French
    • Latin

    Etymology

    From Middle English obscure, from Old French obscur, from Latin obscūrus (“dark, dusky, indistinct”), from ob- +‎ *scūrus, from Proto-Italic *skoiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-. Doublet of oscuro.

    Pronunciation

    1. (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈskjʊə(ɹ)/, /əbˈskjɔː(ɹ)/ 2. (General American) IPA(key): /əbˈskjʊɹ/, /əbˈskjɝ/ 3. Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ), -ɜː(ɹ) 4. Hyphenation: ob‧scure

    Adjective

    obscure (comparative obscurer or more obscure, superlative obscurest or most obscure) 1. Dark, faint or indistinct. 1.1. 1892, Denton Jaques Snider, Inferno, 1, 1-2 (originally by Dante Alighieri) 1.1.1. I found myself in an obscurewood. 1.2. 1611, The Holy Bible,[…] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker,[…], →OCLC, Proverbs 20:20: 1.2.1. His lamp shall be put out in obscuredarkness. 2. Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous. 2.1. c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tra...

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    Pronunciation

    1. IPA(key): /ɔp.skyʁ/

    Adjective

    obscure 1. feminine singular of obscur

    Anagrams

    1. courbes

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    Adjective

    obscūre 1. vocative masculine singular of obscūrus

    References

    1. “obscure”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press 2. “obscure”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers 3. obscure in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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  6. www.etymonline.com › tw › wordobscurity | "obscurity"的詞源、起源與含義 - etymonline

    obscure. (adj.) 約公元1400年，“黑暗的”，比喻意義爲“道德上的無知； 陰沉”，源自於12世紀的古法語 obscur ， oscur “黑暗的，陰雲密佈的，灰暗，不清晰”，直接源自於拉丁語 obscurus “黑暗的，昏暗的，陰影的”，比喻意義爲“未知的； 難以理解的； 難以辨別的； 來自不重要的祖先”，源於 ob “在……之上”（參見 ob- )，加上 -scurus “覆蓋的”，源於 PIE 詞源 * (s)keu- “覆蓋，遮蓋”。 相關詞彙： Obscurely 。 “不容易理解的，不顯著或著名的，鮮爲人知的”比喻意義最早可追溯至15世紀； 意爲“模糊的，沒有清晰的形狀或輪廓，幾乎不可感知，因爲缺乏光線而不易清晰地看到的”實義在英語中的使用可追溯至16世紀90年代。

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › zht › 詞典OBSCURE中文(繁體)翻譯：劍橋詞典 - Cambridge Dictionary

    verb [ T ] uk / əbˈskjʊə r/ us / əbˈskjʊr / to prevent something from being seen or heard. 遮掩；遮蔽；使不分明. Two new skyscrapers had sprung up, obscuring the view from her window. 兩座新摩天大樓拔地而起，擋住了她窗外的風景。 The sun was obscured by clouds. 太陽被雲層遮住了。 to make something difficult to discover and understand. 隱藏，掩蓋;使難理解，使晦澀.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › obscure_1obscure adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

    We went to see one of Shakespeare’s more obscure plays. He was born around 1650 but his origins remain obscure. The origins of the tradition have become obscure.