obnubilate

[ ob-noo-buh-leyt, -nyoo- ]

verb (used with object)

, ob·nu·bi·lat·ed, ob·nu·bi·lat·ing.

1. to cloud over; becloud; obscure.

obnubilate

/ ɒbˈnjuːbɪˌleɪt /

verb

1. literary.
   tr to darken or obscure

Other Words From

• ob·nubi·lation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of obnubilate¹

First recorded in 1575–85; from Latin obnūbilātus, past participle of obnūbilāre “to darken, obscure,” equivalent to ob- ob- + nūbilāre “to become cloudy,” verbal derivative of nūbilus “cloudy”; nubilous

Word History and Origins

Origin of obnubilate¹

C16: ultimately from Latin obnūbilāre to cover with clouds, from nubes cloud

Example Sentences

Mostly, though, we are obnubilated by a culture that implies that how things are is how they ought to be.

From US News

Love and jealousy are often companions, and excess of both had quite obnubilated the eyes of my understanding.

From Project Gutenberg

This contained a liberal amount of sonorous words derived from the Latin, such as "campestral," "lapidescent," "obnubilate," and "adventitious."

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Now, by my knighthood," answered Sir Piercie, "your lovely faculties either of mind or body are, O my most fair Discretion, obnubilated by some strange hallucination.

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