untransparentadj.
Not transparent; opaque.
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troublea1327
nebulous?a1425
cloudy1587
shady1605
untransparent1605
untransparablea1618
opacous1625
opaque1631
opacious1643
non-transparent1653
adiaphanous1658
undiaphanous1666
opacular1761
intransparent1842
opacious1953
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 10 Suppose an Earth..without Hill or Plaine, A Heau'n vn-hang'd, vn-turning, vn-transparant.
1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 33 An impalpable whitish Sand, untransparent.
1755 Philos. Trans. 1754 (Royal Soc.) 48 659 The matter appeared of a dark blackish colour, untransparent.
1862 J. Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861 v. 38 The water [resolves itself] to transparent vapour, and the vapour to untransparent cloud.
1888 O. Crawfurd Sylvia Arden 361 So dark and untransparent was the flood water.
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