Becloud
/bɪˈklaʊd/noun
To cover or obscure with clouds; to make unclear or gloomy.
Did you know?Becloud is a native English formation built from the old intensifying prefix be- plus cloud, showing how English can turn a sky image into a mental one without borrowing from Latin or Greek.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
be-
“A prefix used to intensify or affect a verb or noun, often giving a sense of around, about, or thoroughly.”
Old English
OE
clud
“A mass of rock or a hill; later associated with a cloud-like mass.”
Middle English
ME
cloud
“A visible mass of condensed water vapor in the sky; also a figurative mass of obscurity or gloom.”
Late Middle English
ME
beclouden
“To cover with clouds; to darken, obscure, or make indistinct.”
Modern English
EN
becloud
“To obscure or darken, especially by covering as with clouds or by making mentally unclear.”