English Explanatory Dictionary

oblivious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Lacking awareness; unmindful; unaware, unconscious of.
  2. Forgetful.

Pronunciation

/əˈblɪviːəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oblivious.wav

Word forms

oblivious more oblivious most oblivious

Etymology

From Middle English oblivious, from Latin oblīviōsus (“forgetful, oblivious”), formed from oblīvium (“forgetfulness, oblivion”) + -ōsus (“full of, overly, prone to”), from oblīvīscor (“to forget”).

Related words

oblivion oblivious transfer

Derived words

cache-oblivious nonoblivious obliviously obliviousness semioblivious unoblivious
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