obsity.html - n.
a dark glassy volcanic rock formed from hardened lava. [L obsidianus, error for obsianus f. Obsius, the name (in Pliny) of the discoverer of a similar stone]

obsity.html - adj.
1 offensively or repulsively indecent, esp. by offending accepted sexual morality.
2 colloq. highly offensive or repugnant (an obscene accumulation of wealth).
3 Brit. Law (of a publication) tending to deprave or corrupt.

obscenely adv. obsceneness n. [F obsc

ne or L obsc(a)enus ill-omened, abominable]

obsity.html - n.
(pl. -ies)
1 the state or quality of being obscene.
2 an obscene action, word, etc. [L obscaenitas (as OBSCENE)]

obsity.html - n.
opposition to knowledge and enlightenment.

obscurant n. obscurantist n. [obscurant f. G f. L obscurans f. obscurare: see OBSCURE]

obsity.html - adj. & v.
--adj.

1 not clearly expressed or easily understood.
2 unexplained, doubtful.
3 dark, dim.
4 indistinct; not clear.
5 hidden; remote from observation.
6 a unnoticed. b (of a person) undistinguished, hardly known.
7 (of a colour) dingy, dull, indefinite.

--v.

tr.
1 make obscure, dark, indistinct, or unintelligible.
2 dim the glory of; outshine.
3 conceal from sight.

obscure vowel = indeterminate vowel.

obscuration n. obscurely adv. [ME f. OF obscur f. L obscurus dark]

obsity.html - n.
(pl. -ies)
1 the state of being obscure.
2 an obscure person or thing. [F obscurit

f. L obscuritas (as OBSCURE)]