Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To overshadow; shade; darken; cloud.
- In zoology, lying under a projecting part: specifically said of the abdomen when it is concealed under the posterior thoracic segments, as in certain Arachnida.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. rare To shade; to darken; to cloud.
Etymologies
- Latin obumbratus, past participle of obumbrare to overshadow, cloud; ob + umbrare to shade. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Boars; Structures in themfelves beautiful, but at the Expence of that noble Roman Way, the Via Iceno - rum, that leads through the Parifh, which they nar - row and obumbrate. —”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘obumbrate’.
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phrontistery - o
from phrontistery.info
oakum, oakus, oast, obambulate, obdormition, obduracy, obedible, obedientiary, obeism, obeliscolychny, obelize, obelus and 504 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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Dead (or dying) English Words
Inspired by the an old New York Times article and the Dictionary of Dying Danish Words list here on Wordie.
chorine, terpsichore, motorcar, motoring, centigrade, maven, tautology, pleonasm, contrariwise, spatchcock, mascaron, miasma and 29 more...
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Cloudy
with a chance of mizzle
puff, nebulous, fog, overcast, becloud, bedim, taint, befog, dapple, mottle, sully, pother and 83 more...
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Archaic
Because they just don't make 'em like they used to.
comeling, circuition, assentment, advisement, accompts, apertness, larum, soothfastness, deperdition, marish, covin, tinct and 166 more...
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