Definitions for obscurant

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obscurant ob·scu·rant

Spelling: [uh b-skyoo r-uh nt]

IPA: /əbˈskyʊər ənt/

Obscurant is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 711 anagrams from letters in obscurant (abcnorstu).

Definitions for obscurant

noun

1. a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
2. a person who obscures.

adjective

1. pertaining to or characteristic of obscurants.
2. tending to make obscure.

Origin of obscurant

1790-1800; Latin obscūrant- (stem of obscūrāns, present participle of obscūrāre), equivalent to obscūr(us) dark + -ant- -ant

Examples for obscurant

Overhead the ionic field was aglow, humming softly, beating back the obscurant mists.

Shun double-entendres, prurient jocosity, and pestiferous profanity, obscurant or apparent.

Whoever confessed his faith in the truths of the Bible was called an obscurant.