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Word: obscure (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

...That is, except when he mak thyngs parfait obscur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN NOTES: The Waterbury Tales | 9/24/1973 | See Source »

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Normalized population density for word "obscure" throughout decades:

1870s : 0.8835
1880s : 0.2572
1890s : 0.2571
1900s : 0.2258
1910s : 0.2813
1920s : 1.1482
1930s : 1.4260
1940s : 0.9533
1950s : 1.0354
1960s : 1.1220
1970s : 1.2526
1980s : 1.0954
1990s : 0.9010
2000s : 0.9114
2010s : 0.9641