obnubilousとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Inherited from the Middle English obnubilous (“indistinct, obscure, muddled”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ɒbˈnjuːbɪləs/

形容詞

obnubilous (comparative more obnubilous, superlative most obnubilous)

1. (obsolete, rare) Overclouded, cloudy.
   • 1679–1680, William Perse, Journal of his voyage from England to Bantam and back[1]
   • 15th century, unknown translator, Ranulf Higden (original), Polychronicon

     the obnubilous and clowdy processe of this mater y-desirede

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参照

• “† Obnu·bilous, a.” in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st edition), volume VII (O, P; 1909), § i (O, ed. James Augustus Henry Murray), page 25/3
• “† obnubilous, adj.” in the Oxford English Dictionary (3rd edition, March 2004)