Obscurant

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Obscurant \Ob*scur"ant\, n. [L. obscurans, p. pr. of obscurare
     to obscure.]
     One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders
     the progress of knowledge and wisdom. --Coleridge.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  obscurant
       adj : making undecipherable or imperceptible; "obliterating
             mists"; "an obscurant bank of clouds" [syn: {obliterating}]