His discourse tends obliquely to the detracting from others.
Addison.
Ob*lique"ness, n. Quality or state of being oblique.
Ob*liq"ui*ty, n.; pl. Obliquities (#). [L. obliquitas: cf. F.
obliquité.] 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.
Ob"lite (?), a. [L. oblitus, p. p. pf oblinere to besmear.] Indistinct;
slurred over. [Obs.] "Obscure and oblite mention." Fuller.
Ob*lit"er*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obliterated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Obliterating.] [L. obliteratus, p. p. of obliterare to obliterate; ob
(see Ob-) + litera, littera, letter. See Letter.] 1. To erase or blot
out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.
2. To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render
imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of
antiquity.
The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly
obliterated.
W. Black.
Ob*lit"er*ate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the
markings of insects.
Ob*lit`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. obliteratio: cf.F. oblitération.] The act
of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction. Sir. M.
Hale.
Ob*lit"er*a*tive (?), a. Tending or serving to obliterate.
Ob*liv"i*on (?), n. [L. oblivio, akin to oblivisci to forget: cf. OF.
oblivion.] 1. The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten;
cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness.
Second childishness and mere oblivion.
Shak.
Among our crimes oblivion may be set.