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o·bliq·ui·ty    Audio Help   [uh-blik-wi-tee, oh-blik-] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ties.
1.the state of being oblique.
2.divergence from moral conduct, rectitude, etc.; immorality, dishonesty, or the like.
3.an instance of such divergence.
4.mental perversity.
5.an instance of mental perversity.
6.an inclination or a degree of inclination.
7.a confusing or obscure statement or passage of writing, esp. one deliberately made obscure.
8.Also called obliquity of the ecliptic. Astronomy. the angle between the plane of the earth's orbit and that of the earth's equator, equal to 23°27'; the inclination of the earth's equator.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME obliquitee < MF obliquite < L oblīquitās, equiv. to oblīqu(us) oblique + -itās -ity]

o·bliq·ui·tous, adjective
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o·bliq·ui·ty    Audio Help   (ō-blĭk'wĭ-tē, ə-blĭk'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. o·bliq·ui·ties
  1. The quality or condition of being oblique.
    1. A deviation from a vertical or horizontal line, plane, position, or direction.
    2. The angle or extent of such a deviation.
    3. A mental deviation or aberration.
    4. Immoral conduct.
    5. Obscurity in conduct or verbal expression: "It may be that the candor of contemporary literature creates a nostalgia for indirection, obliquity and deferral" (Anatole Broyard).
    6. An obscure statement.
    1. A mental deviation or aberration.
    2. Immoral conduct.
    3. Obscurity in conduct or verbal expression: "It may be that the candor of contemporary literature creates a nostalgia for indirection, obliquity and deferral" (Anatole Broyard).
    4. An obscure statement.
    1. Obscurity in conduct or verbal expression: "It may be that the candor of contemporary literature creates a nostalgia for indirection, obliquity and deferral" (Anatole Broyard).
    2. An obscure statement.

o·bliq'ui·tous adj.
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obliquity

noun
1. the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle [syn: asynclitism
2. the quality of being deceptive [syn: deceptiveness

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Obliquity

Ob*liq"ui*ty\, n.; pl. Obliquities. [L. obliquitas: cf. F. obliquit['e].]

1. The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.

2. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude.

To disobey [God] . . . imports a moral obliquity. --South.
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