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obscurities

obscurities is the plural of obscurity.

Meaning of obscurity

Noun

obscurity (countable and uncountable, plural obscurities)

  1. (literary) Darkness; the absence of light.
    • The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow, though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 6, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
  2. The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
    • She was plucked from obscurity to star in a Broadway musical.
    Synonyms:
    unknownness
  3. The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.

Questions about obscurities

What is obscurities the plural of?
Obscurities is the plural of obscurity.

Words near obscurities in the dictionary

  1. obscuringly
  2. obscurings
  3. obscurism
  4. obscurist
  5. obscurists
  6. obscurities
  7. obscurity
  8. obscurum per obscurius
  9. obscæne
  10. obsd.
  11. obsecrate

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