Oblivious to Observance

Oblivious
(Ob*liv"i*ous) a. [L. obliviosus: cf.F. oblivieux.]

1. Promoting oblivion; causing forgetfulness. "The oblivious pool." Milton.

She lay in deep, oblivious slumber.
Longfellow.

2. Evincing oblivion; forgetful.

Through are both weak in body and oblivious.
Latimer.

Obliv"i*ous*ly, adv.Ob*liv"i*ous*ness, n. Foxe.

Oblocutor
(Ob*loc"u*tor) n. [L. oblocutor, obloquutor, fr. obloqui, oblocutus, to speak against; ob (see Ob-) + loqui to speak. See Loquacious.] A disputer; a gainsayer. [Obs.] Bale.

Oblong
(Ob"long) a. [L. oblongus; ob (see Ob-) + longus long: cf. F. oblong.] Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.

Oblong
(Ob"long), n. A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad.

The best figure of a garden I esteem an oblong upon a descent.
Sir W. Temple.

Oblongata
(||Ob`lon*ga"ta) n. [NL.] (Anat.) The medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder.

Oblongatal
(Ob"lon*ga"tal) a. Of or pertaining to the medulla oblongata; medullar.

Oblongish
(Ob"long*ish) a. Somewhat oblong.

Oblongly
(Ob"long*ly), adv. In an oblong form.

Oblongness
(Ob"long*ness), n. State or quality of being oblong.

Oblong-ovate
(Ob"long-o"vate) a. Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter.

Oblongum
(||Ob*lon"gum) n.; pl. Oblonga [NL. See Oblong.] (Geom.) A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis. Cf. Oblatum, and see Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.

Obloquious
(Ob*lo"qui*ous) a. Containing obloquy; reproachful [R.] Naunton.

Obloquy
(Ob"lo*quy) n. [L. obloquium, fr. obloqui. See Oblocutor.]

1. Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.

Shall names that made your city the glory of the earth be mentioned with obloquy and detraction?
Addison.

2. Cause of reproach; disgrace. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn. — Reproach; odium; censure; contumely; gainsaying; reviling; calumny; slander; detraction.

Obluctation
(Ob`luc*ta"tion) n. [L. oblictutio, fr. obluctari to struggle against.] A struggle against; resistance; opposition. [Obs.] Fotherby.

Obmutescence
(Ob`mu*tes"cence) n. [L. obmutescens, p. pr of obmutescere to become dumb; ob (see Ob-) + mutescere to grow dumb, fr. mutus dumb.]

1. A becoming dumb; loss of speech. Sir T. Browne.


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