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obliviality

/əˌblɪ.viˈæ.lɪ.ti/

obliviality noun: liability to be forgotten.

Noun

obliviality (uncountable)

  1. (nonce-word) Liability to be forgotten.
    • His face was one stamped with the quality of obliviality; to see him once was to insure forgetting him at least twice. But at the “Geegee” parties he was made tidy, which he usually was not, and put in prominent places.1899, E. F. Benson, Mammon and Co.

Origin of obliviality

From oblivial + -ity.

Questions about obliviality

What does obliviality mean?
Obliviality means liability to be forgotten.
What part of speech is obliviality?
Obliviality is a noun.
How do you pronounce obliviality?
Obliviality is pronounced /əˌblɪ.viˈæ.lɪ.ti/.

Words near obliviality in the dictionary

  1. obliterators
  2. obliterature
  3. oblivescence
  4. oblivescent
  5. oblivial
  6. obliviality
  7. obliviate
  8. obliviated
  9. obliviates
  10. obliviating
  11. obliviation

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