endarkenedadj.
/ᵻnˈdɑːk(ə)nd/, /ɛnˈdɑːk(ə)nd/, U.S. /ᵻnˈdɑrkənd/, /ɛnˈdɑrkənd/ Made dark; enveloped in darkness. Chiefly figurative: lacking knowledge, understanding, or insight; marked by a lack of enlightenment.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [adjective]
thestera900
thestria900
blindc1000
darkc1350
lightless?1406
obscurea1500
mistya1522
blinded1535
unilluminated1579
unlightened1587
stone-blind1596
endarkened1612
dark1628
benighted1637
unenlightened1650
bedarkened1655
unirradiated1792
darkened1856
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [adjective] > not
darkc1350
mistya1522
natural1526
endarkened1612
benighted1637
uninspired1700
unirradiated1792
darkened1856
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > darkened
darked?c1425
forderked1513
darkened1565
nighted1604
bedarkened1655
endarkened1744
1612 J. Copley Doctrinall & Morall Observ. conc. Relig. i. 10 At length with a more powerfull light it pleased the true Sonne of iustice and God of glorie to enlighten my vnderstanding, in such sort, that all the clouds of error and endarkened affections were dispersed like mist before the Sunne.
1744 Meddler 3 May The Saffron-blushing Dawn Expell'd the Night's endarken'd Air.
1790 T. Pennant Of London 268 In 1450, the mob under Jack Cade, in an endarkened and savage period, forced out of this fortress James lord Say.
1822 Liverpool Mercury 26 Apr. 342/1 That mind-emancipating strife, That bids endarkened millions rise To light, to energy, to life!
1984 K. Norris Better Part of Heaven 20 I pass by an endarkened room and hear voices in there.
2005 Guardian (Nexis) 3 Dec. (Work section) 2 Everything about this book defeats me. There again, with my endarkened attitude, what would you expect?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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