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单词 adnubilated
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adnubilatedadj.

Brit. /ədˈnjuːbᵻleɪtᵻd/, /adˈnjuːbᵻleɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ədˈn(j)ubəˌleɪdᵻd/, /ædˈn(j)ubəˌleɪdᵻd/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin adnūbilāt-, adnūbilāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin adnūbilāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of adnūbilāre to involve in clouds < ad- ad- prefix + nūbilāre nubilate v. Compare earlier obnubilated adj. Compare also earlier nubilate v.
Now rare.
Darkened by clouds, clouded. Also figurative.
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1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Adnubilated, darkned or clouded.
1891 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 5 Dec. 11/5 An educated farmer. It is suspected that he is a graduate with adnubilated brains.
1918 A. Marlowe Unthrown Stone iii. 50 There, by the rays of one bright morning star, I saw a pregnant, auric cloud descend From the adnubilated realms above.
1929 K. Stephens Lies & Libels of Frank Harris ii. 146 To his adnubilated brain ‘socialism’, ‘communism’, ‘Marx’, ‘Das Kapital’, bring the ‘great support and comfort’ that ‘that blessed word Mesopotamia’ brought the old lady.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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