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Word entry · 7 letters

obscure

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"Not well known"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /əbˈskjʊə(ɹ)/Part of speech verb, adjectiveSorted bceorsuStarts with OEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. make unintelligible or unclear

Word origin

From Middle English obscure, from Old French obscur, from Latin obscūrus (“dark, dusky, indistinct”), from ob- + *scūrus, from Proto-Italic *skoiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-. Doublet of oscuro.

Used in a sentence

  • I found myself in an obscure wood.
  • His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
  • The obscure bird / Clamoured the livelong night.

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