English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
Obscurest — Obscure Ob*scure ([o^]b*sk[=u]r ), a. [Compar. {Obscurer} ([o^]b*sk[=u]r [ e]r); superl. {Obscurest}.] [L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob (see {Ob }) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf. F. obscur. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Obscure — Ob*scure ([o^]b*sk[=u]r ), a. [Compar. {Obscurer} ([o^]b*sk[=u]r [ e]r); superl. {Obscurest}.] [L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob (see {Ob }) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf. F. obscur. Cf. {Sky}.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Obscure rays — Obscure Ob*scure ([o^]b*sk[=u]r ), a. [Compar. {Obscurer} ([o^]b*sk[=u]r [ e]r); superl. {Obscurest}.] [L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob (see {Ob }) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf. F. obscur. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Obscurer — Obscure Ob*scure ([o^]b*sk[=u]r ), a. [Compar. {Obscurer} ([o^]b*sk[=u]r [ e]r); superl. {Obscurest}.] [L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob (see {Ob }) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf. F. obscur. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Honorius (emperor) — Infobox Roman emperor name =Honorius full name =Flavius Honorius (from birth to accession); Flavius Honorius Augustus (as emperor) title =Emperor of the Western Roman Empire caption =In this silver siliqua coin, Honorius is celebrated as the… … Wikipedia
Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude — is a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, written in 1815 and first published in 1816. The poem was without a title when Shelley passed it along to his contemporary and friend, Thomas Love Peacock. The poem is 720 lines long. It is considered to be one… … Wikipedia
Adolf Erman — Johann Peter Adolf Erman (October 31, 1854 ndash; June 26, 1937) was a renowned Egyptologist and lexicographer; born in Berlin, the son of Georg Adolf Erman and grandson of Paul Erman. Educated at Leipzig and Berlin, he became extraordinary… … Wikipedia
William Arthur White — Sir William Arthur White, GCB, GCMG (13 February 1824 ndash; 28 December 1891) was a British diplomat, born in Puławy, in Poland.He was descended on his father s side from an Irish Roman Catholic family. His mother s family, though not of Polish… … Wikipedia
David Park Barnitz — (June 24, 1878 – October 10, 1901) was an American poet, best known for his 1901 volume the Book of Jade, a classic of decadent poetry. In 1901, San Francisco bookseller William Doxey, publisher of the popular humorist Gelett Burgess, as well as… … Wikipedia
obscure — obscuredly /euhb skyoor id lee/, obscurely, adv. obscureness, n. /euhb skyoor /, adj., obscurer, obscurest, v., obscured, obscuring, n. adj. 1. (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.… … Universalium
