2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obscurity \Ob*scu"ri*ty\, n. [L. obscuritas: cf F.
obscurit['e].]
The quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy;
inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness uncertainty.
Yuo are not for obscurity designed. --Dryden.
They were now brought forth from obscurity, to be
contemplated by artists with admiration and despair.
--Macaulay.
Syn: {Darkness}; dimness; gloom. See {Darkness}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
obscurity
n 1: the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to
understand [syn: {obscureness}, {abstruseness}, {reconditeness}]
[ant: {clarity}]
2: an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known "he
worked in obscurity for many years" [ant: {prominence}]
3: the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of
adequate illumination [syn: {obscureness}]
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