obscure

• adj. ぼんやりとした、かすんだ; あいまいな、不明瞭な; 隠された; 不明な、名無しの
• vt...を曖昧にする、覆い隠す、隠す、理解しにくくする
• n. あいまいなもの、はっきりしないもの

ラテン語のobsccurus、暗い、不明瞭、ob-、on、強調する、-scurus、不明瞭、PIE*skeu、覆う、隠す、から派生した語源は空、家、隠すと同じ。

obscure

obscure: see sky

obscure (adj.)

c. 1400, "dark," figuratively "morally unenlightened; gloomy," from Old French obscur, oscur "dark, clouded, gloomy; dim, not clear" (12c.) and directly from Latin obscurus "dark, dusky, shady," figuratively "unknown; unintelligible; hard to discern; from insignificant ancestors," from ob "over" (see ob-) + -scurus "covered," from PIE *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see sky). Related: Obscurely.

obscure (v.)

early 15c., "to cover (something), cloud over," from obscure (adj.) or else from Middle French obscurer, from Latin obscurare "to make dark, darken, obscure," from obscurus. Related: Obscured; obscuring.

1. Rumour,myth and hearsay obscure the truth after months of bloodshed.

殺戮が数カ月続いた後、真相はデマ、嘘、噂に隠されて曖昧になった。

2.These obscure groups were of little account in national politics.

これらの無名の団体は国内政界では重要ではない。

3.Richard 's statement was disgracefully obscure .

リチャードの声明はあいまいで恥ずかしい。

4.an obscure German poet

無名のドイツの詩人

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5.The joke did not obscure the underlying seriousness of his point.

冗談は彼の観点に隠された厳粛さを隠していない。