obnebulate

verb

1. To cloud or obscure (something).

   literary, rare, transitive

   The air was obnebulated with murky schemes.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Medieval Latin obnebulatus, perfect passive participle of obnebulare (“to overcloud”), from ob- + nebula + -are. Compare obnubilate, derived from the unrelated Latin nūbēs.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry obnebulate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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