obscurity(n.)
15世纪晚期, obscurite,“没有光,缺乏亮度或光泽的状态”; 1610年代,意为“未知或不显眼的状态”; 来自 obscure(形容词)+ -ity; 或者来自古法语 obscurete,是 oscureté 的变体,“黑暗,阴暗; 模糊,混乱; 无足轻重”(14世纪),直接源自拉丁语 obscuritatem(主格 obscuritas),“黑暗,模糊,不确定性”,来自 obscurus。指“不清楚理解的质量或状态”始于15世纪晚期(卡克斯顿)。
When I was asked to talk about the Obscurity of the Modern Poet I was delighted, for I have suffered from this obscurity all my life. But then I realized that I was being asked to talk not about the fact that people don't read poetry, but about the fact that most of them wouldn't understand it if they did .... [Randall Jarrell, "The Obscurity of Poetry," 1953]
当我被要求谈论现代诗人的晦涩时,我感到很高兴,因为我一生都受到这种晦涩的困扰。但后来我意识到,我被要求谈论的不是人们不读诗的事实,而是如果他们读了,大多数人都不会理解它.... [兰德尔·贾勒尔,“诗歌的晦涩”,1953年]
该词起源时间:15世纪末