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obscurity🔊

(literary) Darkness; the absence of light.

💬 Quotations
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; a thing that is unknown.

💬 Quotations
The departure was not unduly prolonged. […] Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments […] ; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.

The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.