obnubilous

• obnubelous [17th C.]

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

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

obnubilous (comparative more obnubilous, superlative most obnubilous)

1. (obsolete, rare) Overclouded, cloudy.
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of William Perse to this entry?)

• “† 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)

Borrowed from Old Latin obnūbilus.

obnūbilŏus

1. indistinct, obscure
   • 1432–50, an anonymous translator, Ranulphus, Monke of Chestre, compilede this presente Werke and Cronicle. in Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden monachi Cestrensis, volume I (1865), ed. Churchill Babington, book i: “The Firste Prolog bigynnethe here in to þis Story of mony Cronicles.”, § 7 (page 9):

     Attendenge the intricacion inextricable of this labor presente as of the mase of Dedalinus [y] am preyede to attempte hit withowte drede; aduertenge ofte tymes slawthe to mete men thenkenge grete thynges, and the insufficience of my wytte, and the obnubilous and clowdy processe of this mater y-desirede, perauenture men in these dayes attendenge but litelle the obsequy of deuocion as thei be wonte, scholde take disdeyne of this liȝhte meyte.

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• English: obnubilous

• “obnūbilŏus” in the Middle English Dictionary (1954–2001)