## Examples
- The bathroom window was made of opaque glass for privacy.
- The contract was written in such opaque language that no one could follow it.

## Synonyms
- adiaphanous
- nontransparent
- opacous
- opacular
- thick

## Antonyms
- bright
- brilliant
- clear
- oblique
- obvious
- see-through
- translucent
- transparent
- turbid

## Derived Forms
- nonopaque
- opacify
- opaquely
- opaquen
- opaqueness
- radio-opaque
- radiopaque
- semiopaque
- subopaque
- unopaque

## Related Forms
- opacity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: opake
- Root: opacus

## Etymology
From Middle English opake, from Latin opacus (“shaded, shady, dark”) (of unknown origin), later reinforced from Middle French opaque. Doublet of ubac.

## AI Etymology
Opaque is from Middle English opake, from Latin opacus (“shaded, shady, dark”) (of unknown origin), later reinforced from Middle French opaque. Doublet of ubac. Important recorded forms include opake (Middle English) and opacus (Latin). Current senses include not allowing light to pass through; not transparent and hard to understand or unclear in meaning. The wider family includes derived forms such as nonopaque, opacify, opaquely, opaquen, and opaqueness; related words such as opacity.

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