OBFUSCATED

Verb

obfuscated

simple past tense and past participle of obfuscate

Adjective

obfuscated (comparative more obfuscated, superlative most obfuscated)

Having undergone obfuscation.

(archaic, slang) drunk

Synonyms

• (undergone obfuscation): See covert or hidden

• (drunk): See drunk

Source: Wiktionary


OBFUSCATE

Ob*fus"cate, a. Etym: [L. obfuscatus, p.p. of obfuscare to darken; ob (see Ob-) + fuscare, fuscatum, to darken, from fuscus dark.]

Definition: Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [Obs.] [Written also offuscate.] Sir. T. Elyot.

Ob*fus"cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obfuscated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obfuscating.]

Definition: To darken; to obscure; to becloud; hence, to confuse; to bewilder. His head, like a smokejack, the funnel unswept, and the ideas whirling round and round about in it, all obfuscated and darkened over with fuliginous matter. Sterne. Clouds of passion which might obfuscate the intellects of meaner females. Sir. W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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