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   opacity

   /ə(ʊ)ˈpasɪti/

   noun

   • 1. the quality of lacking transparency or translucence: "thinner paints need black added to increase opacity" Similar opaquenessnon-transparencylack of transparencycloudinessfilminesshazinessmistinessblurblurrednessdirtinessdinginessmuddinessgriminesssmearinessOpposite transparencytranslucenceclarity
   • ▪ the quality of being obscure in meaning: "the difficulty and opacity in Barthes' texts" Similar lack of clarityobscurityabstrusenessunclearnessdensityimpenetrabilityenigmaunintelligibilityincomprehensibilityreconditenessOpposite claritylimpidity

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French opacité, from Latin opacitas, from opacus ‘darkened’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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