Associations to the word «Obscurity»

Wiktionary

OBSCURITY, noun. (literary) Darkness; the absence of light.
OBSCURITY, noun. The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
OBSCURITY, noun. The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.

Dictionary definition

OBSCURITY, noun. The quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand.
OBSCURITY, noun. An obscure and unimportant standing; not well known; "he worked in obscurity for many years".
OBSCURITY, noun. The state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley