Plural of obscurity
regular plural
The plural of obscurity is obscurities.
Forms of obscurity
| Singular | obscurity /əbˈskjʊəɹɪti/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | obscurities |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Obscurities in a sentence
- Within the midst of its linguistic obscurities, Joyce embeds a few readily recognizable words.1994, Paul J. Griffiths, On Being Buddha: The Classical Doctrine of Buddhahood, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, pages 116–117. From the entry omnilinguality
- The store has its own music label — compilations of fashiony dance bands, French-Arabic tunes and other obscurities.2007 September 6, Mike Albo, “The Department of Just Right”, in New York Times. From the entry fashiony
- Ockham was critical of so many of his fellows for sicklying over theology with the obscurities of philosophy.2000, Ninian Smart, chapter 9, in World Philosophies, New York: Routledge, page 207. From the entry sickly
- The question makes the obscurities and withdrawals and unappealingness of modern art seem willful — which is another fact of the experience of that art.1967, W. H. Capitan, D. D. Merrill, Art, Mind, and Religion. From the entry unappealingness
- Under-punctuation (which is fashionable to-day) throws a great deal of the burden of interpretation on the reader, and sometimes leaves him with obscurities and ambiguities.1957, George Henry Vallins, “Points of Punctuation”, in Good English: How to Write It, London: Pan Books Ltd., page 112. From the entry under-punctuation
Meaning of obscurity
- noun Darkness; the absence of light.
- noun The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
- noun The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.
Questions about the plural of obscurity
- What is the plural of obscurity?
- The plural of obscurity is obscurities.
- Is obscurity countable?
- Obscurity is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: obscurity (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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