oblivium

oblivium noun: oblivion.

Noun

oblivium (uncountable)

(nonstandard, obsolete, rare) Oblivion.
- Perſley, Petroſelinum, or Apium hortenſe; being hot and dry, opens Obſtructions, is very Diuretic, yet nouriſhing, edulcorated in ſhifted warm Water (the Roots eſpecially) but of leſs Vertue than Alexanders; nor ſo convenient in our crude Sallet, as when decocted on a Medicinal Account. Some few...1699, John Evelyn, Acetaria. A Discourse of Sallets., London: […] B[enjamin] Tooke […], page 54
- To this purpose, calling to mind how their dissenting in matter of worship and Church government, from that which was used and established in the rest of our dominions, was the chief, if not the only, cause of the late disorders amongst them; we have thought it the best way, for preventing the like...1815, William Berry, compiler, The History of the Island of Guernsey, Part of the Ancient Duchy of Normandy, from the Remotest Period of Antiquity to the Year 1814. […], London: […] Longman, Hurst...

Some few tops of the tender Leaves may yet be admitted; tho’ it was of old, we read, never brought to the Table at all, as ſacred to Oblivium and the Defunct.1699, John Evelyn, Acetaria. A Discourse of Sallets., London: […] B[enjamin] Tooke […], page 54:
Who has not known the value of oblivium whene’er some newly past or close impending evil has flung its giant shadows athwart the morning twilight of the soul?1823 May, Arietta [pseudonym], “Sleep.—A Fragment.”, in The European Magazine, and London Review: […], volume 83, London: […] [F]or the...
Hence we have stupor, oblivium, cerebral epilepsy, vertigo, headach, delirium, flashes of light, muscæ, flocci, dimness, amaurosis in every degree, tinnitus, and other noises, dulness, deafness; […]1849 March 17, Marshall Hall, “Observations on the Neck as a Medical Region, on Trachelismus, and on Paroxysmal Diseases of the Nervous...
The descent of the waters man calls “gravity,” but each murmur is a seeming protest against its final destiny of oblivium in some murky, sluggish river at the foot of the mountain.1920 January 24, J[ames] Harman Stover, “‘The Hills’”, in The Gospel Messenger, volume 69, number 4, Elgin, Ill., page 52, column 3:

From Latin oblīvium.

What does oblivium mean?: Oblivium means oblivion.
How do you use oblivium in a sentence?: Some few tops of the tender Leaves may yet be admitted; tho’ it was of old, we read, never brought to the Table at all, as ſacred to Oblivium and the Defunct.
What part of speech is oblivium?: Oblivium is a noun.

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