Obscurity — may refer to: Obscurity (band), German melodic metal band Security through obscurity, a controversial principle in security engineering which attempts to use secrecy to provide security See also Obscure (disambiguation) This disambiguation page… … Wikipedia
Obscurity — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Melodic Death Metal, Black Metal, Viking Metal Gründung 1997 Website … Deutsch Wikipedia
obscurity — index ambiguity, complication, concealment, indistinctness, mystery, nonappearance, obscuration, opacity … Law dictionary
obscurity — (n.) late 15c., absence of light; 1610s with meaning condition of being unknown; from OBSCURE (Cf. obscure) (adj.) + ITY (Cf. ity); or else from O.Fr. obscurite, from L. obscuritatem (nom. obscuritas) darkness, indistinctness, uncertainty, from… … Etymology dictionary
obscurity — [əbskyoor′ə tē, äbskyoor′ə tē] n. 1. the quality or condition of being obscure 2. pl. obscurities an obscure person or thing … English World dictionary
obscurity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, total ▪ near, virtual ▪ He is now living in virtual obscurity. ▪ comparative (esp. BrE), relative … Collocations dictionary
obscurity — ob|scu|ri|ty [əbˈskjuərıti US ˈskjur ] n plural obscurities 1.) [U] the state of not being known or remembered fade/slide/sink etc into obscurity ▪ The group produced two albums before disappearing into obscurity. live/work/remain etc in… … Dictionary of contemporary English
obscurity — [[t]ɒbskjʊ͟ərɪti[/t]] obscurities 1) N UNCOUNT Obscurity is the state of being known by only a few people. For the lucky few, there s the chance of being plucked from obscurity and thrown into the glamorous world of modelling... The latter half… … English dictionary
obscurity — UK [əbˈskjʊərətɪ] / US [əbˈskjʊrətɪ] noun Word forms obscurity : singular obscurity plural obscurities 1) [uncountable] a state in which a person or thing is not well known or not remembered a girl who was plucked from obscurity to become a star… … English dictionary
Obscurity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Obscurity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 obscurity obscurity &c.(unintelligibility) 519 Sgm: N 1 involution involution Sgm: N 1 hard words hard words Sgm: N 1 ambiguity ambiguity &c. 520 Sgm: N 1 unintelligibleness … English dictionary for students
