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Webster Dictionary :: Obloquious

OBLO'QUIOUS, a. [See Obloquy .] Containing obloquy; reproachful. [Little used.]

Webster Dictionary :: Obloquy

OB'LOQUY, n. [L. obloquor; ob and loquor, to speak.] 1. Censorious speech; repro...

Webster Dictionary :: Obluctation

OBLUCTA'TION, n. [L. obluctor; ob and luctor, to struggle.] A struggling or stri...

Webster Dictionary :: Obmutescence

OBMUTES'CENCE, n. [L. obmutesco, to be silent.] 1. Loss of speech; silence, 2. A...

Webster Dictionary :: Obnoxious

OBNOX'IOUS, a. [L. obnoxius; ob and noxius, hurtful, from noceo.] 1. Subject; an...

Webster Dictionary :: Obnoxiously

OBNOX'IOUSLY, adv. 1. In a state of subjection or liability. 2. Reprehensibly; o...

Webster Dictionary :: Obnoxiousness

OBNOX'IOUSNESS, n. 1. Subjection or liableness to punishment. 2. Odiousness; off...

Webster Dictionary :: Obnubilate

OBNU'BILATE, v.t. [L. obnubilor; ob and nubilo; nubes, mist, cloud.] To cloud; t...

Webster Dictionary :: Obnubilation

OBNUBILA'TION, n. The act or operation of making dark or obscure.

Webster Dictionary :: Obole

OB'OLE, n. [L. obolus.] In pharmacy, the weight of ten grains or half a scruple.

Webster Dictionary :: Obolus

OB'OLUS, n. [L. from G.] A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drac...

Webster Dictionary :: Obovate

OBO'VATE, a. In botany, inversely ovate; having the narrow end downward; as an o...

Webster Dictionary :: Obreption

OBREP'TION, n. [L. obrepo; ob and repo, to creep.] The act of creeping on with s...

Webster Dictionary :: Obreptitious

OBREPTI'TIOUS, a. [supra.] Done or obtained by surprise; with secrecy or by conc...

Webster Dictionary :: Obscene

OBSCE'NE, a. [L. obscaenus.] 1. Offensive to chastity and delicacy; impure; expr...

Webster Dictionary :: Obscenely

OBSCE'NELY, adv. In a manner offensive to chastity or purity; impurely; unchastely.

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