non-transparentadj.
/ˌnɒntranˈsparn̩t/, U.S. /ˌnɑntræn(t)ˈspɛr(ə)nt/; see also transparent adj. 1. Not transparent; (according to context) opaque or translucent.
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the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > opacity > [adjective]
troublea1327
nebulous?a1425
cloudy1587
shady1605
untransparent1605
untransparablea1618
opacous1625
opaque1631
opacious1643
non-transparent1653
adiaphanous1658
undiaphanous1666
opacular1761
intransparent1842
opacious1953
1653 T. Nicols Arcula Gemmea 4 The Chamehuia, the Agate, the Heliotrope, very fair, non-transparent stones.
1791 Monthly Rev. Aug. 392 A non-electric glass [is]..as much out of the question here, as a non-transparent glass would be in optics.
1849 Sci. Amer. 13 Oct. 28/1 The process is to take a certain number of the white of eggs, and remove all the non-transparent part.
1899 M. H. Kingsley W. Afr. Stud. 45 If you can imagine a non-transparent diamond wall, I think you will get some near idea to it.
1948 R. M. Pearl Pop. Gemol. vii. 260 Nontransparent glass, such as is used for imitations of opal and opaque gems.
2001 Behavioural Brain Res. 124 161 A non-transparent acrylic division was placed in the aquarium to make four identical compartments.
2. Not obvious, manifest, or evident; not readily perceived or understood.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective]
higheOE
dighela1000
deepc1000
darkOE
starkOE
dusk?c1225
subtle1340
dimc1350
subtilea1393
covert1393
mystica1398
murka1400
cloudyc1400
hard?c1400
mistyc1400
unclearc1400
diffuse1430
abstractc1450
diffused?1456
exquisitec1460
obnubilous?a1475
obscure?a1475
covered1484
intricate?a1500
nice?a1500
perplexeda1500
difficilea1513
difficult1530
privy1532
smoky1533
secret1535
abstruse?1549
difficul1552
entangled1561
confounded1572
darksome1574
obnubilate1575
enigmatical1576
confuse1577
mysteriousa1586
Delphic1598
obfuscatea1600
enfumed1601
Delphicala1603
obstruse1604
abstracted1605
confused1611
questionable1611
inevident1614
recondite1619
cryptic1620
obfuscated1620
transcendent1624
Delphian1625
oraculous1625
enigmatic1628
recluse1629
abdite1635
undilucidated1635
clouded1641
benighted1647
oblite1650
researched1653
obnubilated1658
obscurative1664
tenebrose1677
hyperbyssal1691
condite1695
diffusive1709
profound1710
tenebricose1730
oracular1749
opaque1761
unenlightening1768
darkling1795
offuscating1798
unrecognizable1817
tough1820
abstrusive1848
obscurant1878
out-of-focus1891
unplumbable1895
inenubilable1903
non-transparent1939
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [adjective]
nice?a1500
plaited1532
intricablea1540
unsimple?1541
entangled1561
intrinsicate1562
Gordian1606
involved1643
complexed1646
contortuplicated1648
complicated1656
puzzled1659
involute1669
complicatea1687
complex1715
woofed1820
snaggled1896
non-transparent1939
complexified1962
1939 Language 15 185 Reductions of etymologically nontransparent elements in compounds.
1994 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 1 Nov. We should come out of the meeting fully committed that..non-transparent policies could be abolished.
1995 A. Åslund How Russia became Market Econ. iv. 107 The payments system was bureaucratic and nontransparent.
1998 U. Goswami in J. L. Metsala & L. C. Ehri Word Recognition ii. 43 English is orthographically nontransparent, because letters can represent more than one phoneme.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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