Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In entomology, noting the wings of hymenopterous or other insects when they are deeply tinged with brownish gray, but semidiaphanous or semi-transparent.
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Examples
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Newsweek wrote last year, after the award went to the semi-obscure Herta Müller, There are all the authors whose greatness actually diminishes the value of the Nobel.
#Nobel Prize 2010 nominees: who will take the peace prize? Melissa Bell 2010
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In the ongoing series "Overdue," semi-obscure films that might once have been a video-store clerk's personal favorite are rescued from moldering VHS tape oblivion.
A Healthy Serving of Celluloid Steve Dollar 2011
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Although we all do it anymore, there is an art to dropping semi-obscure pop culture references.
Mehovers 2009
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Full disclosure: all I've got to offer is a handful of signed first editions by various semi-obscure authors and whatever money's still in the banana stand.
We Could Do a Lot With Two Hundred and Sixty-Five Million Dollars 2009
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With "Glee" in rerun mode tonight, some people may feel a strong urge to get their weekly, fresh fix of people busting out semi-obscure pop songs in unexpected everyday situations.
How to stage a musical in a busy airport Jen Chaney 2010
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Later, with the J. Geils Band, he mined his LP collection to revive semi-obscure R
A Rock and Roll Dinosaur Rolls On Steven Kurutz 2010
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Ultimately, though, they were all derived from a species of semi-obscure board games which had, for nearly 50 years, been toying with ideas about war-strategy and counterfactual history.
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It kind of sums up everything I like about the blog: fun maps and loads of semi-obscure geographical and historical info.
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Later, with the J. Geils Band, he mined his LP collection to revive semi-obscure R
Peter Wolf: A Rock and Roll Dinosaur Rolls On Steven Kurutz 2010
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Later, with the J. Geils Band, he mined his LP collection to revive semi-obscure R
A Rock and Roll Dinosaur Rolls On Steven Kurutz 2010
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