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English
Etymology
From semi- + obscure.
Adjective
semiobscure (not comparable)
- Somewhat obscure.
2009 July 19, Carlo Rotella, “The Genre Artist”, in New York Times:It’s a literary tribute album, in effect, on which reliable earners acknowledge the influence of a respectably semiobscure national treasure by covering his songs.
- (zoology) Of the wings of insects: deeply tinged with brownish-grey, but semitransparent.