obnubilate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin obnūbilātus, perfect passive participle of obnūbilō (“to cover with clouds or fog”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ob- +‎ nūbilō (“be cloudy”), from nūbēs (“cloud”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). === Pronunciation === adjective (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒbˈnjuːbɪlət/ verb (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒbˈnjuːbɪleɪt/ === Adjective === obnubilate (comparative more obnubilate, superlative most obnubilate) (obsolete) Covered or darkened as with a cloud; overclouded; obscured. 1860, George William Bagby (aut., ed.), “Editor’s Table” in The Southern Literary Messenger XXXI (N.S. X), p. 74: ==== Alternative forms ==== obnubilated ==== Translations ==== === Verb === obnubilate (third-person singular simple present obnubilates, present participle obnubilating, simple past and past participle obnubilated) (obsolete) To obscure, to shadow. To make cloudy. ==== Related terms ==== obnubilation obnubilous === References === “† Obnu·bilate, ppl. 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 “obnubilate, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “Obnubilate, v.” 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 “obnubilate, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== obnubilate inflection of obnubilare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== obnubilate f pl feminine plural of obnubilato == Spanish == === Verb === obnubilate second-person singular voseo imperative of obnubilar combined with te