obscurity

Significado (Inglês)

1. (countable, literary, uncountable) Darkness; the absence of light.
2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
3. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.

Conceitos

obscuridade

anonimato

escuridão

desconhecimento

Sinônimos

darkness

vagueness

dimness

dark

gloom

indistinctness

obscureness

unclearness

ambiguity

opacity

abstruseness

reconditeness

unknown

insignificance

shadiness

bad luck

haziness

misfortune

cloudiness

dullness

murk

mystery

eclipse

mistiness

muddiness

murkiness

nameless

night-time

overcast

secrecy

shade

sombreness

uncertainness

unclear

unimportance

vague

abstrusity

dark place

low rank

humble station

inexplicitness

slight darkness

involvedness

bastardization

confusion

dim

dinginess

disarray

dusk

elusiveness

Traduções

obscurité

oscuridad

oscurità

Dunkelheit

σκότος

αφάνεια

obscuritat

ασάφεια

donker

ermetismo

ombra

ténèbres

σκοτεινιά

Unklarheit

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/əbˈskjʊəɹɪti/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: obscurite

In summary

From Middle English obscurite, obscuryte, from Middle French obscurité and its etymon Latin obscūritās. By surface analysis, obscure + -ity.