obfuscate
Meanings
Plural: obfuscate, obfuscated
Verb
- make obscure or unclear
- To make dark; to overshadow.
- To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
- To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
Adj
- Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.
Origin / Etymology
The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1536; either borrowed from Middle French obfusquer, offusquer, from Old French offusquer, or directly from Late Latin obfuscātus, offuscātus, the perfect passive participle of obfuscō, offuscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin ob- + fuscō (“to darken”). Doublet of dusken (“to darken, make obscure”).
Scrabble Score: 16
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Words With Friends Score: 19
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