obscurity

  • 1obscurity — ob*scu ri*ty ([o^]b*sk[=u] r[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L. obscuritas: cf. F. obscurit[ e].] The quality or state of being obscure. Syn: darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty. [1913 Webster] You are not for obscurity designed …

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  • 2Obscurity — may refer to: Obscurity (band), German melodic metal band Security through obscurity, a controversial principle in security engineering which attempts to use secrecy to provide security See also Obscure (disambiguation) This disambiguation page… …

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  • 3Obscurity — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Melodic Death Metal, Black Metal, Viking Metal Gründung 1997 Website …

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  • 4obscurity — index ambiguity, complication, concealment, indistinctness, mystery, nonappearance, obscuration, opacity …

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  • 5obscurity — (n.) late 15c., absence of light; 1610s with meaning condition of being unknown; from OBSCURE (Cf. obscure) (adj.) + ITY (Cf. ity); or else from O.Fr. obscurite, from L. obscuritatem (nom. obscuritas) darkness, indistinctness, uncertainty, from… …

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  • 6obscurity — [əbskyoor′ə tē, äbskyoor′ə tē] n. 1. the quality or condition of being obscure 2. pl. obscurities an obscure person or thing …

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  • 7obscurity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, total ▪ near, virtual ▪ He is now living in virtual obscurity. ▪ comparative (esp. BrE), relative …

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  • 8obscurity — ob|scu|ri|ty [əbˈskjuərıti US ˈskjur ] n plural obscurities 1.) [U] the state of not being known or remembered fade/slide/sink etc into obscurity ▪ The group produced two albums before disappearing into obscurity. live/work/remain etc in… …

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  • 9obscurity — [[t]ɒbskjʊ͟ərɪti[/t]] obscurities 1) N UNCOUNT Obscurity is the state of being known by only a few people. For the lucky few, there s the chance of being plucked from obscurity and thrown into the glamorous world of modelling... The latter half… …

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  • 10obscurity — UK [əbˈskjʊərətɪ] / US [əbˈskjʊrətɪ] noun Word forms obscurity : singular obscurity plural obscurities 1) [uncountable] a state in which a person or thing is not well known or not remembered a girl who was plucked from obscurity to become a star… …

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