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opaque 1. not transmitting radiant energy, such as electromagnetic or corpuscular radiation, or sound 2. Photog an opaque pigment used to block out particular areas on a negative How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Ignoring his siblings' and friends' pleas that he come out, he paces the little room, cutting himself with a knife and musing opaquely on his existential dilemma in a kind of King Lear-style delirium. Thanks to research on the symbolic dimensions of power in southern Africa (Kiernan 1979, 1991; Comaroff 1985) we have come to understand how opaquely but emphatically political was the use of uniform in the service of an agenda of redoubt, or cultural consolidation, in anticipation of further upheaval. Two, Skeet's seriously delusional and unhinged, and his fantasies cause him to drive erratically and cause unnecessary train wrecks that inspire guys with bizarre names (Sodalitas Quaerito) who declare ominously if opaquely that ``a large event is coming,'' and dispense business cards that list an address, but no city. |
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