OBSCU'RENESS, OBSCU'RITY, noun [Latin obscuritas.] 1. Darkness; want of light. We wait for light, but behold obscurity. Isaiah 59:1. 2. A state of retirement from the world; a state of being unnoticed; privacy. You are not for obscurity designed. 3. Darkness of meaning; unintelligibleness; as the obscurity of writings or of a particular passage. 4. Illegibleness; as the obscurity of letters or of an inscription. 5. A state of being unknown to fame; humble condition; as the obscurity of birth or parentage.
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