obnubilation /ɒbnjuːbɪˈleɪʃən/ noun4 •The action of darkening or fact of being darkened, as with a cloud; obscuration.1610, John Healey (tr.), Sᵗ. Augustine, of the Citie of God: with the learned Comments of Io. Lod. Vives, bk 3, ch. 15, pp. 127–8, note e — 1610 •(rare) A veiling with or concealment in clouds. •Obscuration or clouding of the mind or faculties.1753 Dec. 17th, John Rutty, A Spiritual Diary and Soliloquies in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1791), aut. James Boswell, vol. II, “1777. Aetat. 68.”, p. 155 — 1753 •Something that obscures or causes confoundment; an obfuscation.1999, Balachandra Rajan, Under Western Eyes: India from Milton to Macaulay, Afterword, p. 206 — 1999 formsobnubilations
