semiobscure

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

semi- +‎ obscure

Adjective[edit]

semiobscure (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat obscure.
    • 2009 July 19, Carlo Rotella, “The Genre Artist”, in New York Times[1]:
      It’s a literary tribute album, in effect, on which reliable earners acknowledge the influence of a respectably semiobscure national treasure by covering his songs.
  2. (zoology) Of the wings of insects: deeply tinged with brownish-grey, but semitransparent.