opacous adjective2 •(no longer used) Not allowing the passage of light; opaque.[I]f you take ammel that is almost opacous, and grind it very well on a Porphyry, or Serpentine, the small particles will by reason of their flaws, appear perfectly opacous […] — 1665 •(literary, no longer used) Not shining or illuminated; dark.The firm opacous Globe / Of this round World, whose first convex divides / The luminous inferior Orbs. — 1667