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obscurist en · NOUN

Etymology

From obscure + -ist.

Meanings

1. One who creates ambiguous works.
   • Some of the dramatist's obituaries treated him as an intellectual obscurist who never quite broke through to the general public; but his plays for ITV in the 1960s were seen by dozens of millions, part of the democratisation of drama that the new medium achieved. 2009 January 2, The Guardian,, “Mark Lawson: Big Brother's grandpa”, in The Guardian:

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