opacous

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opacous

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From Latin opācus (“shaded, shady, dark”) + -ous.

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not comparable, obsolete, poetic Not shining or illuminated; dark. The firm opacous Globe / Of this round World, whose first convex divides / The luminous inferior Orbs.
not comparable, obsolete Not allowing the passage of light; opaque. And vve particularly remember, that, being at ſome diſtance from London one Night, that the People, upon a very vvell-come Occaſion, teſtified their Joy by numerous Bon-fires; though, by reaſon of the Interpoſition of the Houſes, vve could not ſee the Fires themſelves, yet vve could plainly ſee the

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@misc{opacous_2026,
  title = {opacous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/opacous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}