OBLIVIOUS
OBLIV'IOUS, adjective [Latin obliviosus.]1. Causing forgetfulness.The oblivious calm of indifference.Behold the wonders of th' oblivious lake.2. Forgetful.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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OBLOCUTOR
OB'LOCUTOR, noun A gainsayer. [Not in use.]
OBLONG
OB'LONG, adjective [Latin oblongus.] Longer than broad.OB'LONG, noun A figure or solid which is longer than it is broad.
OBLONG-OVATE
OBLONG-OVATE, adjective In botany, between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter.
OBLONGISH
OB'LONGISH, adjective Somewhat oblong.
OBLONGLY
OB'LONGLY, adjective In an oblong form.
OBLONGNESS
OB'LONGNESS, noun The state of being longer than broad.
OBLOQUIOUS
OBLO'QUIOUS, adjective [See Obloquy.] Containing obloquy; reproachful. [Little used.]
OBLOQUY
OB'LOQUY, noun [Latin obloquor; ob and loquor, to speak.]1. Censorious speech; reproachful language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions.Shall names that made y...
OBLUCTATION
OBLUCTA'TION, noun [Latin obluctor; ob and luctor, to struggle.]A struggling or striving against; resistance. [Little used.]
OBMUTESCENCE
OBMUTES'CENCE, noun [Latin obmutesco, to be silent.]1. Loss of speech; silence,2. A keeping silence.
OBNOXIOUS
OBNOX'IOUS, adjective [Latin obnoxius; ob and noxius, hurtful, from noceo.]1. Subject; answerable.The writings of lawyers, which are tied and obnoxious to their particular laws....
OBNOXIOUSLY
OBNOX'IOUSLY, adverb1. In a state of subjection or liability.2. Reprehensibly; odiously; offensively.
OBNOXIOUSNESS
OBNOX'IOUSNESS, noun1. Subjection or liableness to punishment.2. Odiousness; offensiveness. The obnoxiousness of the law rendered the legislature unpopular.
OBNUBILATE
OBNU'BILATE, verb transitive [Latin obnubilor; ob and nubilo; nubes, mist, cloud.]To cloud; to obscure.
OBNUBILATION
OBNUBILA'TION, noun The act or operation of making dark or obscure.
OBOLE
OB'OLE, noun [Latin obolus.] In pharmacy, the weight of ten grains or half a scruple.
OBOLUS
OB'OLUS, noun [Latin from G.] A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drachma, about two cents in value, or a penny farthing sterling.
OBOVATE
OBO'VATE, adjective In botany, inversely ovate; having the narrow end downward; as an obovate leaf.
OBREPTION
OBREP'TION, noun [Latin obrepo; ob and repo, to creep.]The act of creeping on with secrecy or by surprise.
OBREPTITIOUS
OBREPTI'TIOUS, adjective [supra.] Done or obtained by surprise; with secrecy or by concealment of the truth.
OBSCENE
OBSCE'NE, adjective [Latin obscaenus.]1. Offensive to chastity and delicacy; impure; expressing or presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity and decency fo...
OBSCENELY
OBSCE'NELY, adverb In a manner offensive to chastity or purity; impurely; unchastely.
OBSCENENESS
OBSCE'NENESS,OBSCEN'ITY, noun [Latin obscaenitas.]1. Impurity in expression or representation; that quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chastity or pu...
OBSCURATION
OBSCURA'TION, noun [Latin obscuratio.]1. The act of darkening.2. The state of being darkened or obscured; as the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse.
OBSCURE
OBSCU'RE, adjective [Latin obscurus.]1. Dark; destitute of light.Whoso curseth his father or mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. Proverbs 20:20.2. Living in d...
OBSCURELY
OBSCU'RELY, adverb1. Darkly; not clearly; imperfectly; as an object obscurely seen; obscurely visible.2. Out of sight; in a state not to be noticed; privately; in retirement; no...