opacous

English

Etymology

From Latin opacus (shaded, shady, dark) + -ous.

Adjective

opacous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, chiefly poetic) Not shining or illuminated; dark. [17th-20th c.]
    • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
      The firm opacous Globe / Of this round World, whose first convex divides / The luminous inferior Orbs.
  2. (obsolete) Not allowing the passage of light; opaque. [17th-19th c.]
    • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, X:
      [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 […].
    • Grew
      The upper wings are opacous; at their hinder ends, where they lap over, transparent, like the wing of a fly.
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