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Obscurity

OBSCU'RITY, n. L. obscuritas.

1. Darkness; want of light.

We wait for light, but behold obscurity. Is. 59.

2. A state of retirement from the world; a state of being unnoticed; privacy.

You are not for obscurity designed.

3. Darkness of meaning; unintelligibleness; as the obscurity of writings or of a particular passage.
4. Illegibleness; as the obscurity of letters or of an inscription.
5. A state of being unknown to fame; humble condition; as the obscurity of birth or parentage.
Source: King James Dictionary


 
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