Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.
The obscure bird / Clamoured the livelong night.
Difficult to understand; abstruse.
an obscure passage or inscription; The speaker made obscure references to little-known literary works.
From Middle English obscure, from Old French obscur, from Latin obscūrus (“dark, dusky, indistinct”), from ob- + *scūrus, from Proto-Italic *skoiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-. Doublet of osc...
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To hide, put out of sight etc.
It has been little altered over the years save for the addition of a platform awning which rather obscures the arcaded entrance to the booking hall.
To conceal oneself; to hide.
How! There's bad news. / I must obscure, and hear it.