English Explanatory Dictionary

obliquity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation.
  2. Axial tilt.
  3. Mental or moral deviation or perversity; immorality.
  4. The quality of being obscure, oftentimes willfully, sometimes as an exercise in euphemism.

Pronunciation

/əˈblɪkwɪti/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-obliquity.wav /oʊˈblɪkwɪti/

Word forms

obliquity obliquities

Etymology

From Middle French obliquité, from Latin oblīquitās, from oblīquus (“oblique”). Corresponding to oblique + -ity.

Synonyms

obliqueness degeneracy depravity perversion baseness corruption defilement degradation depravation depravedness impurity iniquity lewdity malignity misdoing misguilt obliquity peccability pollution pravity sin sinfulness turpitude vitiation wickedness wrongdoing obscurity
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