Obnubilated
//ɒbˈnjuːbɪleɪtɪd// adj, verb
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of obnubilate form-of, participle, past
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:obnubilate."
Adjective
- 1 Obscured; dimmed or hidden with or as if with a cloud. figuratively, literally, not-comparable
"James…found his mind, perhaps, in that obnubilated state, which we generally experience when told any thing very much out of the common way, or of which we cannot well make the different facts tally."
Example
More examples"James…found his mind, perhaps, in that obnubilated state, which we generally experience when told any thing very much out of the common way, or of which we cannot well make the different facts tally."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From obnubilate + -ed (suffix forming perfect participial adjectives).
Etymology 2
Regularly conjugated forms of obnubilate (verb).
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