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OBLO'QUIOUS, a. [See Obloquy .] Containing obloquy; reproachful. [Little used.]
OB'LOQUY, n. [L. obloquor; ob and loquor, to speak.] 1. Censorious speech; repro...
OBLUCTA'TION, n. [L. obluctor; ob and luctor, to struggle.] A struggling or stri...
OBMUTES'CENCE, n. [L. obmutesco, to be silent.] 1. Loss of speech; silence, 2. A...
OBNOX'IOUS, a. [L. obnoxius; ob and noxius, hurtful, from noceo.] 1. Subject; an...
OBNOX'IOUSLY, adv. 1. In a state of subjection or liability. 2. Reprehensibly; o...
OBNOX'IOUSNESS, n. 1. Subjection or liableness to punishment. 2. Odiousness; off...
OBNU'BILATE, v.t. [L. obnubilor; ob and nubilo; nubes, mist, cloud.] To cloud; t...
OBNUBILA'TION, n. The act or operation of making dark or obscure.
OB'OLE, n. [L. obolus.] In pharmacy, the weight of ten grains or half a scruple.
OB'OLUS, n. [L. from G.] A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drac...
OBO'VATE, a. In botany, inversely ovate; having the narrow end downward; as an o...
OBREP'TION, n. [L. obrepo; ob and repo, to creep.] The act of creeping on with s...
OBREPTI'TIOUS, a. [supra.] Done or obtained by surprise; with secrecy or by conc...
OBSCE'NE, a. [L. obscaenus.] 1. Offensive to chastity and delicacy; impure; expr...
OBSCE'NELY, adv. In a manner offensive to chastity or purity; impurely; unchastely.