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opaque adjective [ ə(ʊ)ˈpeɪk ]

• not able to be seen through; not transparent.
• "bottles filled with a pale opaque liquid"
Similar: non-transparent, cloudy, filmy, blurred, smeared, hazy, misty, dirty, dingy, muddy, muddied, grimy, smeary,
Opposite: transparent, translucent, clear,

opaque noun

• an opaque thing.
Origin: late Middle English opake, from Latin opacus ‘darkened’. The current spelling (rare before the 19th century) has been influenced by the French form.


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