obscurity
Meaning
- Darkness; the absence of light.
- The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
- The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ob‧scur‧ity
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əbˈskjʊəɹɪti/
Etymology
From Middle English obscurite, obscuryte, from Middle French obscurité and its etymon Latin obscūritās. By surface analysis, obscure + -ity.
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