obfuscation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun confusion resulting from failure to understand
    puzzlement; bemusement; mystification; bewilderment; befuddlement; bafflement.
  2. noun the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered
    mystification.
  3. noun darkening or obscuring the sight of something

WordNet


Ob`fus*ca"tion noun
Etymology
L. obfuscatio.
Definitions
  1. The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened. "Obfuscation of the cornea." E. Darwin.

Webster 1913