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Webster 1913 Edition
obscurity
ob-scu′ri-ty
(ŏb-skū′rĭ-ty̆)
, Noun.
[L.
obscuritas
: cf. F. obscurité
.] The quality or state of being obscure.
Syn. – darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty.
You 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
.