[‘ Darkened by clouds, clouded. Also fig.']
Pronunciation: Brit. /ədˈnjuːbᵻleɪtᵻd/, adˈnjuːbᵻleɪtᵻd, U.S. /ədˈn(j)ubəˌleɪdᵻd/, ædˈn(j)ubəˌleɪdᵻd
Etymology: < classical Latin /adnūbilāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of /adnūbilāre to involve in clouds < /ad-/ ad- prefix + /nūbilāre/ nubilate v. Compare earlier obnubilated adj. Compare also earlier nubilate v.
Now rare.
Darkened by clouds, clouded. Also fig.
1730 N. Bailey et al. /Dict. Britannicum/, /Adnubilated/, darkned or clouded.
1891 /Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon)/ 5 Dec. 11/5 An educated farmer. It is suspected that he is a graduate with adnubilated brains.
1918 A. Marlowe /Unthrown Stone/ iii. 50 There, by the rays of one bright morning star, I saw a pregnant, auric cloud descend From the adnubilated realms above.
1929 K. Stephens /Lies & Libels of Frank Harris/ ii. 146 To his adnubilated brain ‘socialism’, ‘communism’, ‘Marx’, ‘Das Kapital’, bring the ‘great support and comfort’ that ‘that blessed word Mesopotamia’ brought the old lady.