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with Anu Gargobnubilate
PRONUNCIATION:
(ob-NOO-buh-layt, -NYOO-)
MEANING:
verb tr.:
To cloud over, obscure, or darken.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin obnubilare (to darken or obscure), from ob- (in the way) +
nubilare (to be cloudy), from nubes (cloud). The word nuance is also
a derivative of nubes.
USAGE:
"In the room which Monsieur [Jacques Parizeau] vacated so suddenly, the
'body odour of race', to quote Montreal poet A.M. Klein, will continue
to obnubilate until a window breaks."Peter Reimann; Monsieur's Lapse; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Nov 3, 1995. See more usage examples of obnubilate in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. -Thomas Henry Huxley, biologist (1825-1895)
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