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opaque

Pronunciation: /ə(ʊ)ˈpeɪk/
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Definition of opaque

adjective (opaquer, opaquest)

  • not able to be seen through; not transparent:bottles filled with a pale opaque liquid
  • (especially of language) hard or impossible to understand:technical jargon that was opaque to her

noun

  • an opaque thing.
  • [mass noun] Photography a substance for producing opaque areas on negatives.

Derivatives

opaquely

adverb

opaqueness

noun

Origin:

late Middle English opake, from Latin opacus 'darkened'. The current spelling (rare before the 19th century) has been influenced by the French form

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