obfuscate
verbEtymology
The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1536; either borrowed from Middle French obfusquer, offusquer, from Old French offusquer, or directly from Late Latin obfuscātus, offuscātus, the perfect passive participle of obfuscō, offuscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin ob- + fuscō (“to darken”). Doublet of dusken (“to darken, make obscure”).
- derived from ob-
- borrowed from offuscātus
- derived from offusquer
- borrowed from obfusquer
Definitions
To make dark
To make dark; to overshadow.
To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
- obfuscate facts
- Can weakness be really obfuscated?
- Before leaving the scene, the murderer set a fire in order to obfuscate any evidence of his identity.
To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
- We need to obfuscate these classes before we ship the final release.
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Obfuscated
Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.
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The neighborhood
- antonymexplainantonym(s) of “to deliberately make more confusing”
- antonymsimplifyantonym(s) of “to deliberately make more confusing”
- neighborobfuscation
- neighborobfuscatory
- neighborobfuscous
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at obfuscate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at obfuscate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at obfuscate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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