obscurus.
dark, dusky, shadowy
Meaning & usage
dark, dusky, shadowy
indistinct, unintelligible, obscure
intricate, involved, complicated
unknown, unrecognized
reserved, secret, close
Where this word comes from
A fossilised compound; from ob- + *scūrus (“dark”), from Proto-Italic *skoiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-, extension of *(s)ḱeh₃- (“dark”). Compare Old Irish cíar (“dark”) and Old English hār (“grey-haired”).
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