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inconspicuosity

inconspicuosity noun: the quality of being inconspicuous.

Noun

inconspicuosity (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being inconspicuous.
    • But after a time they found them inconvenient for their daily work and pastimes, which consisted principally of the laying of ambushes for the cutting of each other’s throats, or worse, and the hunting of the red-deer; both which things requiring secrecy and inconspicuosity, these bright and gaudy...c. 1876, “On Certain Delusions of the North Britons. Edited from an MS. of the 19th Century, with notes by G. H. C.”, in Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, volume XLVIII...
    • We see that graceful figure—always perfect, whether in the slashed doublet of Shakespeare, the laces of the Cavalier era, the scarlet and gold uniform of a soldier, or the stern inconspicuosity of the habit of the contemporary gentleman—as we read these pages of simple narration.1890 April, “Reviews”, in The Shakespeare Society of New York, Shakespeariana: A Critical and Contemporary Review of Shakespearian Literature, volume VII, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Leonard Scott...

Examples of inconspicuosity in a sentence

  • It is somewhat remarkable that a woman who in her time filled so large a place in the public eye should fall into such inconspicuosity that her very existence is lost sight of.1893 February 18, “Individualities”, in Saturday Night, volume 6, number 13 (whole 273), Toronto, Ont.: The Sheppard Publishing Co., […]...
  • But why all this talk about our own inconspicuosity?1939, Ernest Vincent Wright, chapter XII, in Gadsby: A Story of Over 50,000 Words Without Using the Letter “E”, Los Angeles, Calif.: Wetzel...
  • They were taking inconspicuosity seriously.1989, Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards! (Discworld; 8), London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, page 85:

Synonyms of inconspicuosity

Origin of inconspicuosity

From inconspicuous + -osity.

Questions about inconspicuosity

What does inconspicuosity mean?
Inconspicuosity means the quality of being inconspicuous.
How do you use inconspicuosity in a sentence?
It is somewhat remarkable that a woman who in her time filled so large a place in the public eye should fall into such inconspicuosity that her very existence is lost sight of.
What part of speech is inconspicuosity?
Inconspicuosity is a noun.

Words near inconspicuosity in the dictionary

  1. inconsonance
  2. inconsonances
  3. inconsonant
  4. inconsonantly
  5. inconspicuity
  6. inconspicuosity
  7. inconspicuous
  8. inconspicuously
  9. inconspicuousness
  10. inconstance
  11. inconstances

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