| obfirmation | Hardness of heart; obduracy. Origin: LL. Obfirmatio. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| obfuscate | To darken; to obscure; to becloud; hence, to confuse; to bewilder. "His head, like a smokejack, the funnel unswept, and the ideas whirling round and round about in it, all obfuscated and darkened over with fuliginous matter." (Sterne) "Clouds of passion which might obfuscate the intellects of meaner females." (Sir. W. Scott) Origin: Obfuscated; Obfuscating. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| obfuscation | 1. A rendering dark or obscure. 2. A deliberate attempt to confuse or to prevent understanding. Origin: L. Ob-fusco, pp. -atus, to darken, fr. Fuscus, dark, tawny (05 Mar 2000) |