obscure
adjective/əbˈskjʊə(r)/
/əbˈskjʊr/
- not well known synonym unknown
- an obscure German poet
- We went to see one of Shakespeare’s more obscure plays.
- He was born around 1650 but his origins remain obscure.
- The origins of the tradition have become obscure.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
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- difficult to understand
- I found her lecture very obscure.
- For some obscure reason, he failed to turn up.
- The meaning of his comment was obscure to everyone but himself.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French obscur, from Latin obscurus ‘dark’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘cover’.
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