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Answer for the clue "Incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning ", 10 letters:
opaqueness

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Word definitions for opaqueness in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Opaqueness \O*paque"ness\, n. The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity. --Dr. H. More.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being opaque.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning [syn: opacity ] the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light [syn: opacity ] [ant: clearness ]

Usage examples of opaqueness.

Down, slanting far down through the opaline opaqueness, he saw the huge trunk extend itself, to an immemorial root-hold in the clayey, perpendicular walls of the Perdu.

Janice pushed through and for a panicked moment felt her breath stop, saw a wavering opaqueness begin to draw across her vision.

Clarence and Margot Offenden had established the prize back in the seventies out of a shared exasperation with the opaqueness of the contemporary novel.