obscurity
nounEtymology
From Middle English obscurite, obscuryte, from Middle French obscurité and its etymon Latin obscūritās. By surface analysis, obscure + -ity.
- derived from obscūritās
- derived from obscurité
- inherited from obscurite
Definitions
Darkness
Darkness; the absence of light.
- I walked in, and Stroeve followed me. The room was in darkness. I could only see that it was an attic, with a sloping roof; and a faint glimmer, no more than a less profound obscurity, came from a skylight.
The state of being unknown
The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
The quality of being difficult to understand
The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at obscurity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at obscurity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at obscurity
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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