a. [ L. obfuscatus, p. p. of obfuscare to darken; ob (see Ob-) + fuscare, fuscatum, to darken, from fuscus dark. ] Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [ Obs. ]
v. t.
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Clouds of passion which might obfuscate the intellects of meaner females. Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. obfuscatio. ] The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened. “Obfuscation of the cornea.” E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]