A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Opacitie,) Oparcitie, Oppacity, n. [L. opācitas, F. opacité (15–16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), e.m.E. opacitie (1611).] Obscurity; ? darkness, fig. —c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus ii. 497.
Sa full thair warkis was of oparcitie [? orig. opacitie] Culd few thairof mak interpretatioun a1689 Cleland 78.
In the oppacity of grief He cryes ‘What plots [etc.]’
