The Only Use of
opaque
in
The Most Dangerous Game
- He was almost on the rocks before he saw them; on a night less calm he would have been shattered against them. With his remaining strength he dragged himself from the swirling waters. Jagged crags appeared to jut up into the opaqueness;
opaqueness = the quality of being impossible to see through (a sky so black it hung like a black blanket that blocked vision of anything beyond it)
Definitions:
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(1)
(opaque as in: opaque shower door) not able to see through
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(2)
(opaque as in: opaque explanation) difficult or impossible to understand -- especially due to complexity or obscurity