oblite

English

Etymology

Latin oblitus, past participle of oblinere (“to besmear”).

Adjective

oblite (comparative more oblite, superlative most oblite)

  1. (obsolete) indistinct; slurred over
    • Thomas Fuller
      Obscure and oblite mention is made of those water-works.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for oblite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

oblīte

  1. vocative masculine singular of oblītus
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