obumbrated

English

Verb

obumbrated

simple past and past participle of obumbrate

Adjective

obumbrated (comparative more obumbrated, superlative most obumbrated)

(obsolete, rare) Overshadowed. [16th–19th c.]
- 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
  This retort […] lighted up the countenances of the aggressor's friends, which had begun to be a little obumbrated […] .

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