opacity

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: o=pac=i=ty

CIDE DICTIONARY

opacity, n. [L. opacitas: cf. F. opacité.].

•  The state of being opaque; the quality of a body which renders it impervious to the rays of light; want of transparency; opaqueness.  [1913 Webster]
•  Obscurity; want of clearness.  Bp. Hall.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

opacity, n.
1 the state of being opaque.
2 obscurity of meaning.
3 obtuseness of understanding.

Etymology

F opacit{eacute} f. L opacitas -tatis (as OPAQUE)

THESAURUS

opacity

abstruseness, adiaphanousness, ambiguity, amorphousness, asininity, blockishness, boobishness, boorishness, bovinity, cloddishness, cloudiness, crassness, crudeness, dark, darkness, denseness, density, dim-wittedness, dimness, doltishness, dull-wittedness, dullardism, dullness, dumbness, duncery, equivocation, fog, fogginess, fuzziness, grossness, hebetude, impenetrability, impermeability, imperviousness to light, indefiniteness, indeterminateness, indistinctness, intransparency, lethargy, loutishness, lumpishness, mist, mistiness, mumbo jumbo, murk, murkiness, mystification, ninnyism, oafdom, oafishness, obfuscation, obscurantism, obscuration, obscurity, obtuseness, opaque, opaqueness, perplexity, reconditeness, roil, roiledness, shapelessness, simpletonianism, slowness, sluggishness, sottishness, stolidity, stupidity, thick-headedness, thick-wittedness, thickness, turbidity, turbidness, unclarity, unclearness, unintelligibility, unplainness, unteachability, vagueness, wrongheadedness, yokelism

ROGET THESAURUS

opacity

Opacity

N opacity, opaqueness, film, cloud, opaque, impervious to light, adiaphanous, dim, turbid, thick, muddy, opacous, obfuscated, fuliginous, cloud, hazy, misty, foggy, vaporous, nubiferous, muggy, smoky, fumid, murky, dirty.