English

Adjective

obscurant ‎(comparative more obscurant, superlative most obscurant)

1. Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.
2. Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic.

Noun

obscurant ‎(plural obscurants)

1. One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist.
2. A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment.
3. An opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres.

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References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 “obscurant” listed by Dictionary.com Unabridged (v1·1)
2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 “obscurant, n. and adj.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition / draft revision (March 2004)
3. 1 2 “obscurant” listed in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1996, 1998)

Latin

Verb

obscūrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of obscūrō