Word of the Day - obscure

obscure

/əbˈskjʊə/
adjective
1 Not discovered or known about; uncertain.
1.1 Not important or well known.
2 Not clearly expressed or easily understood.
2.1 Hard to define; vague.
2.2 Dark or dim.

verb
[with object]
1 Keep from being seen; conceal.
1.1 Make unclear and difficult to understand.
1.2 Keep from being known.

Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French obscur, from Latin obscurus ‘dark’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘cover’.

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