The Collaborative International Dictionary
Obscurer \Ob*scur"er\ ([o^]b*sk[=u]r"[~e]r), n. One who, or that which, obscures.
Obscure \Ob*scure"\ ([o^]b*sk[=u]r"), a. [Compar. Obscurer ([o^]b*sk[=u]r"[~e]r); superl. Obscurest.] [L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob- (see Ob-) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf. F. obscur. Cf. Sky.]
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Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim.
His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
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Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed.
The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night.
--Shak.The obscure corners of the earth.
--Sir J. Davies. Not noticeable; humble; mean. ``O base and obscure vulgar.''
--Shak. ``An obscure person.''
--Atterbury.Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or incomprehensible; as, an obscure passage or inscription.
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Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects.
Obscure rays (Opt.), those rays which are not luminous or visible, and which in the spectrum are beyond the limits of the visible portion.
Syn: Dark; dim; darksome; dusky; shadowy; misty; abstruse; intricate; difficult; mysterious; retired; unnoticed; unknown; humble; mean; indistinct.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: obscure) n. One who, or that which, obscures.
Usage examples of "obscurer".
His master seemed to have a great deal of affection for obscure magicians with obscurer names, and Fitzgibbon, Treacle, Hooms, and Gallimaufry were avoided only with difficulty.
Yet those charlatans, those obscurers of the truth, blame inflation on everybody elseunions, business-anyone, anything, except themselves.