Obfuscate
Obfuscate , adjective
[Latin obfuscatus, past participle of obfuscare to darken; ob (see Ob-) + fuscare, fuscatum, to darken, from fuscus dark.]
Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [Obsolete] — Sir. T. Elyot
Obfuscate , transitive verb
1.
To darken; to obscure; to becloud.
2.
To confuse; to bewilder; to make unclear.
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.
Clouds of passion which might obfuscate the intellects of meaner females.