English

Adjective

opake ‎(comparative more opake, superlative most opake)

1. Alternative form of opaque

   • 1969, Douglas McKie, (Please provide the title of the work) (Science), Digitized edition, Harvard Univ. Press, published 2007, page 187:

     The artificial marble made here is made in the common way with Gypsum Lime and other materials and the artist who is an Italian calls himself a Scagliolist (Scagliola being their name for Gypsum or works in Gypsum) he imitates some of the opake and coloured marbles ...

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

opake

1. Inflected form of opaak

German

Adjective

opake

1. inflected form of opak

Middle English

Etymology

From Latin opacus ‎(“shaded, shady, dark”) (of unknown origin), later reinforced from Middle French opaque.

Adjective

opake ‎(comparative opaker, superlative opakest)

1. dark, shaded, unlit
   • c 1440, Palladius

     Summe haue hem grene ypuld, and stoon & all They honge hem vp in place opake and drie.