noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of opacity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: opacity
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
opaqueness
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noun
Meaning 2
the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: opacity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: cloudiness, murkiness, muddiness, indistinctness, softness, blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness
noun
Meaning 3
incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: opacity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: incomprehensibility
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English opaque Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English opaqueness From opaque + -ness.