English Explanatory Dictionary

obnebulate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cloud or obscure (something).

Word forms

obnebulate obnebulates obnebulating obnebulated

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin obnebulatus, perfect passive participle of obnebulare (“to overcloud”), from ob- + nebula + -are. Compare obnubilate, derived from the unrelated Latin nūbēs.

Related words

becloud befog bemist
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