Why this word is great
OBNUBILATE — [Adjective, Verb] To obscure or darken as if with clouds; to shroud in dimness. From Latin obnūbilātus, past participle of obnūbilāre ("to cover with clouds or fog"), from ob- ("over") + nūbilāre ("be cloudy"), from nūbēs ("cloud"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- ("to cover"). Unlike "obscure" (which blurs without texture) or "overcast" (which merely describes a sky’s condition), "obnubilate" carries the weight of a creeping, atmospheric veil. It is the slow eclipse of a winter sun behind woolen clouds, the fog that smothers a valley at dusk, or the way grief can occlude memory—not erasing, but softening edges until the world feels muffled and distant, a thing half-remembered through smoke.