obumbrated

English

Verb

obumbrated

1. simple past and past participle of obumbrate

Adjective

obumbrated (comparative more obumbrated, superlative most obumbrated)

1. (obsolete, rare) Overshadowed. [16th–19th c.]
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     This retort […] lighted up the countenances of the aggressor's friends, which had begun to be a little obumbrated […] .