offuscatev.

Brit.

/ˈɒfʌskeɪt/,

/ˈɒfəskeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈɑfəˌskeɪt/

Forms: 1500s– offuscate; also Scottish pre-1700 offuscat.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin offuscat-, offuscare, obfuscare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin offuscat-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix³) of offuscare, variant of obfuscare obfuscate v. Compare offusque v.

Now rare.

1. transitive. To bewilder, confuse (a person); to dim (the intellect, senses, etc.); = obfuscate v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > make obscure [verb (transitive)]

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riddle1817

obscurify1826

obfusticate1834

fog1847

1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxix. f. 314 Our faire Ladies..doe offuscate and darken with Follie their exterior beautie.

1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 181 Least those faining Poets may not offuscate my vnderstanding with the cloudes of their enchaunting praises.

1623 J. Wodroephe Spared Houres Souldier 364 Vice and Laizinesse, which offuscate & diffame the Children of good Houses, stranging them from their God.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 93 She had her spirits so offuscated as..not to know her selfe.

1727 P. Longueville Hermit 241 The Tears..which offuscated his Sight.

1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 160 Some Mens Timidity offuscates their Understandings.

1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant III. ix. 230 Mowbray's brain..was somewhat offuscated.

1887 R. Browning Parleyings 94 Friends, beware lest fume Offuscate sense: learn earth first ere presume To teach heaven legislation.

2001 Re: No Virus Alert in alt.support.stop-smoking (Usenet newsgroup) 28 Mar. I like him that way, but if you haven't seen that it's his way, well, you might get offuscated.

†2. transitive. To darken, obscure (physically); to overshadow, eclipse. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > make dark or gloomy [verb (transitive)] > make dark, dim, or obscure

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obscure?a1475

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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Offusquer To offuscate, obscure, blacken, darken; dimme, shadow, cast a mist ouer.

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. ii. i. 230 The exhalations..which offuscate, or darken the Sun.

1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. ii. xvi. 45 I should fear those Dwarfs might grow so large as to offuscate or shadow the Wall-Fruit or Espaliers.

1807 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 97 184 The brilliancy of the metalline ground on which these faint rings are seen, the contrast of which will offuscate their feeble appearance.

1816 F. H. Naylor Hist. Germany I. ii. xiv. 677 A constellation, by whose transcendent radiance all inferior luminaries were offuscated.

1833 C. M. Fanshawe Speech of Member for Odium 2 When clouds would no longer offuscate the Sun.

3. transitive. figurative. To cast into darkness or shadow; to render obscure.

ΚΠ

1616 in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1904) II. 216 He mixis treuthes with lies..to offuscat treuthes & to mak lies seeme treu.

1623 J. Hart tr. P. van Foreest Arraignm. Vrines Ded. sig. A Hee was forced to yeeld to such conditions as did much offuscate the splendor of his former victories.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. §1. 315 To take, all Occasions and Handles that may operate in that Design, and to drop or offuscate all the rest.

1838 R. Southey Doctor V. 179 That knowledge is..obliterated, or offuscated by its [sc. the soul's] union with the body.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 201 His gaiety and his gravity offuscate one another.

2000 Re: Spam Analysis, per Favore in news.admin.net-abuse.email (Usenet newsgroup) 3 June These guys really have it in for Angelfire, they even registered Angelflre.com [sic] to offuscate their URLs.

Derivatives

oˈffuscating adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective]

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1798 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 237 The future offuscating philosophy.

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. iii. 35 These vain and offuscating disputations.

1849 Amer. Whig Rev. Oct. 422 (note) Shutting out the information and enlightenment, which, but for the interposition of this offuscating medium, we might derive from other sources.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	offuscate
释义	† offuscateadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: Latin offuscatus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin offuscatus (see obfuscate adj.), after Middle French, French offusqué (late 15th cent.). Compare earlier obfuscate adj., offuscate v., offuscation n. Obsolete. Darkened, obscured, obfuscated (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective] > obscure cestreda1300 dimc1350 obfuscatec1487 dark1532 veiled1586 offuscate1603 shadowed1630 uncheckable1742 Nacht und Nebel1947 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 658 Their eie sight..is offuscate [Fr. offusquee] and darkened by the great light. a1631 J. Donne Ess. Divinity (1651) 104 The certainty of the person or History is therby offuscate. 1840 New Monthly Mag. 58 458 His offuscate eyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). offuscatev. Brit. /ˈɒfʌskeɪt/, /ˈɒfəskeɪt/, U.S. /ˈɑfəˌskeɪt/ Forms: 1500s– offuscate; also Scottish pre-1700 offuscat. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin offuscat-, offuscare, obfuscare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin offuscat-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix³) of offuscare, variant of obfuscare obfuscate v. Compare offusque v. Now rare. 1. transitive. To bewilder, confuse (a person); to dim (the intellect, senses, etc.); = obfuscate v. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > make obscure [verb (transitive)] obfusk1490 darken1526 obfuscate1536 perplex1547 overcloudc1550 offuscate1567 obscure1584 offusque1599 intenebrate1618 tenebrificatec1743 nubilate1801 riddle1817 obscurify1826 obfusticate1834 fog1847 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxix. f. 314 Our faire Ladies..doe offuscate and darken with Follie their exterior beautie. 1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 181 Least those faining Poets may not offuscate my vnderstanding with the cloudes of their enchaunting praises. 1623 J. Wodroephe Spared Houres Souldier 364 Vice and Laizinesse, which offuscate & diffame the Children of good Houses, stranging them from their God. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 93 She had her spirits so offuscated as..not to know her selfe. 1727 P. Longueville Hermit 241 The Tears..which offuscated his Sight. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 160 Some Mens Timidity offuscates their Understandings. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant III. ix. 230 Mowbray's brain..was somewhat offuscated. 1887 R. Browning Parleyings 94 Friends, beware lest fume Offuscate sense: learn earth first ere presume To teach heaven legislation. 2001 Re: No Virus Alert in alt.support.stop-smoking (Usenet newsgroup) 28 Mar. I like him that way, but if you haven't seen that it's his way, well, you might get offuscated. †2. transitive. To darken, obscure (physically); to overshadow, eclipse. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > make dark or gloomy [verb (transitive)] > make dark, dim, or obscure duskc1374 to-darkena1382 murkc1425 obscure?a1475 obfusk1490 dusken1550 dusky1567 overdark1568 obtenebrate1578 beveil1582 obfuscate1588 offusque1599 shade1599 slubber1605 dammer1610 offuscate1611 obtenebrize1654 obflisticate1832 subdue1856 darkle1893 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Offusquer To offuscate, obscure, blacken, darken; dimme, shadow, cast a mist ouer. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. ii. i. 230 The exhalations..which offuscate, or darken the Sun. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. ii. xvi. 45 I should fear those Dwarfs might grow so large as to offuscate or shadow the Wall-Fruit or Espaliers. 1807 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 97 184 The brilliancy of the metalline ground on which these faint rings are seen, the contrast of which will offuscate their feeble appearance. 1816 F. H. Naylor Hist. Germany I. ii. xiv. 677 A constellation, by whose transcendent radiance all inferior luminaries were offuscated. 1833 C. M. Fanshawe Speech of Member for Odium 2 When clouds would no longer offuscate the Sun. 3. transitive. figurative. To cast into darkness or shadow; to render obscure. ΚΠ 1616 in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1904) II. 216 He mixis treuthes with lies..to offuscat treuthes & to mak lies seeme treu. 1623 J. Hart tr. P. van Foreest Arraignm. Vrines Ded. sig. A Hee was forced to yeeld to such conditions as did much offuscate the splendor of his former victories. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. §1. 315 To take, all Occasions and Handles that may operate in that Design, and to drop or offuscate all the rest. 1838 R. Southey Doctor V. 179 That knowledge is..obliterated, or offuscated by its [sc. the soul's] union with the body. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 201 His gaiety and his gravity offuscate one another. 2000 Re: Spam Analysis, per Favore in news.admin.net-abuse.email (Usenet newsgroup) 3 June These guys really have it in for Angelfire, they even registered Angelflre.com [sic] to offuscate their URLs. Derivatives oˈffuscating adj. ΘΚΠ 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 1798 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 237 The future offuscating philosophy. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. iii. 35 These vain and offuscating disputations. 1849 Amer. Whig Rev. Oct. 422 (note) Shutting out the information and enlightenment, which, but for the interposition of this offuscating medium, we might derive from other sources. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1603v.1567
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† offuscateadj.

offuscatev.

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