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obliterature

noun

Etymology

From obliterate + -ure (suffix denoting the result of an action).

  1. derived from *h₁lengʷʰ-✻ — “not heavy, light; brief; swift”
  2. learned borrowing from obliterātus
  3. suffixed as obliterature — “obliterate + ure”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of obliteration.

    • After describing the gradual obliterature of the prominences by the advancing moon, he says, "These observations have convinced me that the prominences belong to the sun, and that it is unreasonable to assert the contrary."

  2. Forms of literature that are somehow obliterated or void, for example, by being…

    Forms of literature that are somehow obliterated or void, for example, by being interpreted in a way not intended by the original author.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for obliterature. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA