Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 3
Oblectate (v. t.) To delight; to please greatly. [Obs.]
Oblectation (n.) The act of pleasing highly; the state of being greatly pleased; delight. [R.] -- Feltham.
Obligable (a.) Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy. [R.]
The main difference between people seems to be, that one man can come under obligations on which you can rely, -- is obligable; and another is not. -- Emerson.
Obligated (imp. & p. p.) of Obligate.
Obligating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obligate.
Obligate (v. t.) 使負義務，強制，預留，施恩惠於 To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.
Obligate (v. t.) To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.
Obligate (a.) 有責任的 Restricted to a particular condition of life; "an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen" [ant: {facultative}].
Obligate (v.) Force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form" [syn: {compel}, {oblige}, {obligate}].
Obligate (v.) Commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money".
Obligate (v.) Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" [syn: {oblige}, {bind}, {hold}, {obligate}].
Obligation (n.) 義務，職責，責任；契約，債務 The act of obligating.
Obligation (n.) That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty.
Obligation (n.) Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for anouther, or to forbear something; external duties imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc.
Obligation (n.) The state of being obligated or bound; the state of being indebted for an act of favor or kindness; as, to place others under obligations to one.
Obligation (n.) A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment of a duty to pay a certain sum or do a certain things.
Obligato (a.) 【義】【音】不能省略的；必要的 See {Obbligato}.
Obligato (n.) （不可缺的）伴奏；助奏 A persistent but subordinate motif [syn: {obbligato}, {obligato}].
Obligato (n.) A part of the score that must be performed without change or omission [syn: {obbligato}, {obligato}].
Obligatorily (adv.) In an obligatory manner; by reason of obligation.
Obligatoriness (n.) The quality or state of being obligatory.
Obligatory (a.) Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by on or upon; as, obedience is obligatory on a soldier.
Obliged (imp. & p. p.) of Oblige.
Obliging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oblige.
Oblige (v. t.) To attach, as by a bond. [Obs.]
He had obliged all the senators and magistrates firmly to himself. -- Bacon.
Oblige (v. t.) To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something.
Oblige (v. t.) To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate.
Oblige (v.) Force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form" [syn: {compel}, {oblige}, {obligate}].
Oblige (v.) Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" [syn: {oblige}, {bind}, {hold}, {obligate}].
Oblige (v.) Provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him" [syn: {oblige}, {accommodate}] [ant: {disoblige}].
Obligee (n.) The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a bond is given.
Obligement (n.) Obligation.
Obliger (n.) One who, or that which, obliges.
Obliging (a.) Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors; hence, helpful; civil; kind.
Obligor (n.) The person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another.
Obliquation (n.) The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side; obliquity; as, the obliquation of the eyes.
Obliquation (n.) Deviation from moral rectitude.
Oblique (a.) 斜的；傾斜的 [Z]；【數】非直角的；斜的 [Z]；轉彎抹角的，不直截了當的 Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
It has a direction oblique to that of the former motion. -- Cheyne.
Oblique (a.) Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it certain oblique ends. -- Drayton.
This mode of oblique research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power. -- De Quincey.
Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. -- Wordworth.
Oblique (a.) Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak. -- Baker.
{Oblique angle}, {Oblique ascension}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Ascension}, etc.
{Oblique arch} (Arch.), An arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence askew.
{Oblique bridge}, A skew bridge. See under {Bridge}, n.
{Oblique case} (Gram.), Any case except the nominative. See {Case}, n.
{Oblique circle} (Projection), A circle whose plane is oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.
{Oblique fire} (Mil.) A fire the direction of which is not perpendicular to the line fired at.
{Oblique flank} (Fort.) That part of the curtain whence the fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. -- Wilhelm.
{Oblique leaf} (Bot.) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.
{Oblique leaf} (Bot.) A leaf having one half different from the other.
{Oblique line} (Geom.), A line that, meeting or tending to meet another, makes oblique angles with it.
{Oblique motion} (Mus.) A kind of motion or progression in which one part ascends or descends, while the other prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying example.
{Oblique muscle} (Anat.), A muscle acting in a direction oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the associated muscles; -- applied especially to two muscles of the eyeball.
{Oblique narration}. See {Oblique speech}.
{Oblique planes} (Dialing), Planes which decline from the zenith, or incline toward the horizon.
{Oblique sailing} (Naut.) The movement of a ship when she sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points, making an oblique angle with the meridian.
{Oblique speech} (Rhet.) Speech which is quoted indirectly, or in a different person from that employed by the original speaker.
{Oblique sphere} (Astron. & Geog.) The celestial or terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point on the earth except the poles and the equator.
{Oblique step} (Mil.) A step in marching, by which the soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the right or left at an angle of about 25 [deg]. It is not now practiced. -- Wilhelm.
{Oblique system of coordinates} (Anal. Geom.), A system in which the coordinate axes are oblique to each other.
Oblique (n.) (Geom.) An oblique line.
Oblique (a.) (Angle) 斜的；傾斜的 Having a sloping direction, angle, or position.
// Through the window came the last few oblique rays of evening sunshine.
// He gave her an oblique glance.
Oblique (a.) (Specialized) (Mathematics) (Of an angle) 斜角的 Either more or less than 90°.
Oblique (a.) (Not direct) 間接的；拐彎抹角的；不直截了當的 Oblique remarks are not direct, so that the real meaning is not immediately clear.
// She made several oblique references to the current financial situation.
Oblique (n.) [ C ] (Also oblique stroke) (UK) (Punctuation) 標點符號中的斜線號 A slash noun.
// Fractions can be written with an oblique, for example 2/3.
Obliqued (imp. & p. p.) of Oblique.
Obliquing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oblique.
Oblique (v. i.) 傾斜，歪斜 To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
Projecting his person towards it in a line which obliqued from the bottom of his spine. -- Sir. W. Scott.
Oblique (v. i.) (Mil.) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
Oblique (a.) Slanting or inclined in direction or course or position-- neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base" [ant: {parallel}, {perpendicular}].
Oblique (a.) Indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading; "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political maneuvers" [syn: {devious}, {oblique}].
Oblique (n.) Any grammatical case other than the nominative [syn: {oblique}, {oblique case}] [ant: {nominative}, {nominative case}, {subject case}].
Oblique (n.) A diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso [syn: {external oblique muscle}, {musculus obliquus externus abdominis}, {abdominal external oblique muscle}, {oblique}].
Oblique-angled (a.) Having oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle.
Obliquely (adv.) 傾斜地；轉彎抹角地 In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly.
Obliqueness (n.) 倾度；歪斜 Quality or state of being oblique.
Obliquities (n. pl. ) of Obliquity.
Obliquity (n.) 斜；傾斜度；不正直；精神變態 The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.
Obliquity (n.) Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude.
To disobey [God] . . . imports a moral obliquity. -- South.
Obliquity (n.) The presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle [syn: {asynclitism}, {obliquity}].
Obliquity (n.) The quality of being deceptive [syn: {deceptiveness}, {obliquity}].
Oblite (a.) Indistinct; slurred over. [Obs.] "Obscure and Oblite mention." -- Fuller.
Obliterated (imp. & p. p.) of Obliterate.
Obliterating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obliterate.
Obliterate (v. t.) 擦掉……的痕跡；沖刷（掉）；消滅；忘掉，忘卻 To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.
Obliterate (v. t.) To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity.
The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly obliterated. -- W. Black.
Obliterate (a.) (Zool.) Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.
Obliterate (a.) Reduced to nothingness [syn: {blotted out}, {obliterate}, {obliterated}].
Obliterate (v.) Mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" [syn: {kill}, {obliterate}, {wipe out}].
Obliterate (v.) Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" [syn: {obscure}, {blot out}, {obliterate}, {veil}, {hide}].
Obliterate (v.) Remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" [syn: {obliterate}, {efface}].
Obliterate (v.) Do away with completely, without leaving a trace.
Obliteration (n.) 塗去；刪除；忘卻；【醫】閉塞 The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction. -- Sir. M. Hale.
Obliteration (n.) Destruction by annihilating something [syn: {annihilation}, {obliteration}].
Obliteration (n.) The complete destruction of every trace of something [syn: {eradication}, {obliteration}].
Obliterative (a.) 【醫】閉塞的 Tending or serving to obliterate.
Oblivion (n.) [U] 被遺忘，淹沒；遺忘，失去感覺；【律】大赦，赦免 The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness.
Second childishness and mere oblivion. -- Shak.
Among our crimes oblivion may be set. -- Dryden
The origin of our city will be buried in eternal oblivion. -- W. Irving.
Oblivion (n.) Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion. -- Sir J. Davies.
Syn: See {Forgetfulness}.
Oblivion (n.) The state of being disregarded or forgotten [syn: {oblivion}, {limbo}].
Oblivion (n.) Total forgetfulness; "he sought the great oblivion of sleep" [syn: {obliviousness}, {oblivion}].
Oblivion (n.) The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock.
Oblivious (a.) 忘卻的；健忘的 [（+to/ of）]；不注意的，不以為意的 [F] [（+to/ of）] Promoting oblivion; causing forgetfulness. "The oblivious pool." -- Milton.
She lay in deep, oblivious slumber. -- Longfellow.
Oblivious (a.) Evincing oblivion; forgetful.
Through are both weak in body and oblivious. -- Latimer. -- {Obliv"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ob*liv"i*ous*ness}, n. -- Foxe.
Oblivious (a.) (Followed by `to' or `of') Lacking conscious awareness of; "oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform"; "oblivious to the risks she ran"; "not unmindful of the heavy responsibility" [syn: {oblivious(p)}, {unmindful(p)}].
Oblivious (a.) Failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age" [syn: {forgetful}, {oblivious}].
Oblocutor (n.) A disputer; a gainsayer. [Obs.] -- Bale.
Oblong (a.) Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.
Oblong (n.) A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad.
The best figure of a garden I esteem an oblong upon a descent. -- Sir W. Temple.
Oblong (a.) (Of a leaf shape) Having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides.
Oblong (a.) Deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction.
Oblong (n.) A plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation.
Oblong, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 1580
Housing Units (2000): 761
Land area (2000): 0.950204 sq. miles (2.461016 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.008707 sq. miles (0.022551 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.958911 sq. miles (2.483567 sq. km)
FIPS code: 55106
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 39.001274 N, 87.908470 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62449
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Oblongata (n.) [NL.] (Anat.) The medulla oblongata. -- B. G. Wilder.
Oblongatal (a.) Of or pertaining to the medulla oblongata; medullar.
Oblongish (a.) Somewhat oblong.
Oblongly (adv.) In an oblong form.
Oblongness (n.) State or quality of being oblong.
Oblongness (n.) The property of being shaped like a rectangle [syn: rectangularity, oblongness].
Oblong-ovate (a.) Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter.
Oblonga (n. pl. ) of Oblongum.
Oblongum (n.) (Geom.) A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis. Cf. Oblatum, and see Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.
Obloquious (a.) Containing obloquy; reproachful. [R.] -- Naunton.
Obloquy (n.) 破口大罵；攻擊；恥辱，汙名 Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.
Shall names that made your city the glory of the earth be mentioned with obloquy and detraction? -- Addison.
Obloquy (n.) Cause of reproach; disgrace. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Syn: Reproach; odium; censure; contumely; gainsaying; reviling; calumny; slander; detraction.
Obloquy (n.) State of disgrace resulting from public abuse [syn: obloquy, opprobrium].
Obloquy (n.) A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions [syn: defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job].
Obluctation (n.) A struggle against; resistance; opposition. [Obs.] -- Fotherby.
Obmutescence (n.) A becoming dumb; loss of speech. -- Sir T. Browne.
Obmutescence (n.) A keeping silent or mute. -- Paley.
Obnoxious (a.) 【文】令人非常不快的，討厭的，可憎的；【古】易受損害的 [（+to）]；【古】應受懲罰（或譴責）的 Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with to.
The writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to their particular laws. -- Bacon.
Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public than to be obnoxious to any private purse. -- Milton.
Obnoxious, first or last, To basest things. -- Milton.
Obnoxious (a.) Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy. "The contrived and interested schemes of . . . obnoxious authors." -- Bp. Fell.
All are obnoxious, and this faulty land, Like fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your scepter. -- Waller.
Obnoxious (a.) Very offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs. -- Burke. -- Ob*nox"ious*ly, adv. -- Ob*nox"ious*ness, n. -- South.
Obnoxious (a.) Causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person" [syn: objectionable, obnoxious].
Obnubilate (v. t.) 以雲遮蔽；使模糊 To cloud; to obscure. [Obs.] -- Burton. -- Ob*nu"bi*la"tion, n. [Obs.] -- Beddoes.
Obnubilate (v.) Make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley" [syn: obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist].
Obnubilate (v.) Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" [syn: confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate].
Obnubilate (v. t.) Obnubilated, Obnubilating, Obnubilation (n.) : Becloud, Obscure.
Obnubilation (n.) (Medicine) 神志不清 The obscuring or dimming of awareness or mental faculties.
Compare: Hautboy
Hautboy (n.) (Mus.) 【音】雙簧管 A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone.
Now more commonly called oboe. See Illust. of Oboe.
Hautboy (n.) (Bot.) A sort of strawberry ({Fragaria elatior).
Hautboy (n.) A slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece [syn: oboe, hautboy, hautbois].
Oboe (n.) (Mus.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.
Oboe d'amore [It., lit., oboe of love], and Oboe di caccia [It., lit., oboe of the chase], are names of obsolete modifications of the oboe, often found in the scores of Bach and Handel.
Oboe (n.) A slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece [syn: oboe, hautboy, hautbois].
Object-code Buffer Overrun Evaluator
OBOE, () (OBOE) A tool by R. Banfi, D. Bruschi, and E. Rosti for the automatic detection of buffer overflow vulnerabilities in object code. OBOE can be applied to operating system components as well as ordinary application programs. It was designed for the system administrator to identify vulnerable programs before they are exploited. Being automatic, OBOE can be run as a background process for the analysis of all potentially insecure programs installed on a Unix system. It runs on HP-UX, Linux, and Sun Solaris. (2003-10-25)
Oboist (n.) A performer on the oboe.
Oboist (n.) A musician who plays the oboe.
Obolary (a.) Possessing only small coins; impoverished. [R.] -- Lamb.
Obole (n.) (Old Pharm.) A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple. [Written also obol.]
Obolize (v. t.) See Obelize.
Obolo (n.) A copper coin, used in the Ionian Islands, about one cent in value.
Oboli (n. pl. ) of Obolus.
Obolus (n.) A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drachma, about three cents in value.
Obolus (n.) An ancient weight, the sixth part of a drachm.
Obomegoid (a.) (Zool.) Obversely omegoid.
Oboval (a.) Obovate.
Obovate (a.) (Bot.) Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf.
Obovate (a.) (Of a leaf shape) Egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base.
Obreption (n.) The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise. [Obs.] -- Cudworth.
Obreption (n.) (Scots Law) The obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise. -- Bell.
Obreption, () civil law. Surprise. Dig. 3,5,8,1. Vide Surprise.
Obreptitious (a.) Done or obtained by surprise; with secrecy, or by concealment of the truth. [R.] -- Cotgrave.
Obrogate (v. t.) To annul indirectly by enacting a new and contrary law, instead of by expressly abrogating or repealing the old one. [Obs.] -- Bailey.
Obrok (n.) A rent.
Obrok (n.) A poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's estate. [Russia] -- Brande & C.
Obscene (a.) 猥褻的；淫穢的；令人厭惡的，可憎的 Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures.
Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew obscene and uncleanly. -- I. Watts.
Obscene (a.) Foul; fifthy; disgusting.
A girdle foul with grease binds his obscene attire. -- Dryden (Aeneid, vi. 417).
Obscene (a.) Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism]
At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight. -- Dryden.
Syn: Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd. -- {Ob*scene"ly}, adv. -- {Ob*scene"ness}, n.
Obscene (a.) Designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead.
Obscene (a.) Offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" [syn: {abhorrent}, {detestable}, {obscene}, {repugnant}, {repulsive}].
Obscene (a.) Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" [syn: {lewd}, {obscene}, {raunchy}, {salacious}].
Obscene (a.) (C2) 猥褻的；淫穢的；下流的；粗俗的 Offensive, rude, or shocking, usually because of being too obviously related to sex or showing sex.
// In the raid, police found several boxes of obscene DVDs.
// He was jailed for making obscene phone calls (= ones in which unwanted sexual suggestions were made to the listener).
// Obscene language/ graffiti.
Compare: Graffiti
Graffiti (n. pl.) [ U ] （尤指寫畫在公共場合的牆或門上的幽默的、粗野的或政治性的）塗鴉，圖畫 Words or drawings, especially humorous, rude, or political, on walls, doors, etc. in public places.
// The subway walls are covered with graffiti.
Obscene (a.) (C2) 傷風敗俗的；駭人聽聞的；令人震驚的 Morally wrong, often describing something that is wrong because it is too large.
// To make obscene profits.
// The salaries some bankers earn are obscene.
// He eats obscene amounts of food.
Obscenities (n. pl. ) of Obscenity.
Obscenity (n.) 猥褻；淫穢 [U]；猥褻的言語（或行為）[P1]；可憎的事 [C] That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a speech, or a picture.
Mr. Cowley asserts plainly, that obscenity has no place in wit. -- Dryden.
No pardon vile obscenity should find. -- Pope.
Obscenity (n.) The trait of behaving in an obscene manner [syn: obscenity, lewdness, bawdiness, salaciousness, salacity].
Obscenity (n.) An offensive or indecent word or phrase [syn: obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth, dirty word].
Obscenity (n.) An obscene act.
Obscenity, () crim. law. Such indecency as is calculated to promote the violation of the law, and the general corruption of morals.
Obscenity, () The exhibition of an obscene picture is an indictable offence at common law, although not charged to have been exhibited in public, if it be averred that the picture, was exhibited to sundry persons for money. 2 Serg. & Rawle, 91.
Obscurant (n.) 反啟蒙主義者 One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders the progress of knowledge and wisdom. -- Coleridge.
Obscurantism (n.) 蒙昧主義；反啟蒙主義；隱晦風格 The system or the principles of the obscurants. -- C. Kingsley.
Obscurantism (n.) A policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge.
Obscurantism (n.) A deliberate act intended to make something obscure.