2. Evincing oblivion; forgetful.

Through are both weak in body and oblivious.

Latimer.

-- Obliv"i*ous*ly, adv. -- Ob*liv"i*ous*ness, n. Foxe.

Ob*loc"u*tor (?), n. [L. oblocutor, obloquutor, fr. obloqui, oblocutus,

to speak against; ob (see Ob-) + loqui to speak. See Loquacious.] A

disputer; a gainsayer. [Obs.] Bale.

Ob"long (?), a. [L. oblongus; ob (see Ob-) + longus long: cf. F.

oblong.] Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.

Ob"long, n. A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any

figure longer than it is broad.

The best figure of a garden I esteem an oblong upon a descent.

Sir W. Temple.

||Ob`lon*ga"ta (?), n. [NL.] (Anat.) The medulla oblongata. B. G.

||Wilder.

Ob"lon*ga"tal (?), a. Of or pertaining to the medulla oblongata;

medullar.

Ob"long*ish (?), a. Somewhat oblong.

Ob"long*ly, adv. In an oblong form.

Ob"long*ness, n. State or quality of being oblong.

Ob"long-o"vate (?), a. Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the

latter.

||Ob*lon"gum (?), n.; pl. Oblonga (#). [NL. See Oblong.] (Geom.) A

||prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse

||about its greater axis. Cf. Oblatum, and see Ellipsoid of revolution,

||under Ellipsoid.

Ob*lo"qui*ous (?), a. Containing obloquy; reproachful [R.] Naunton.

Ob"lo*quy (b"l*kw), n. [L. obloquium, fr. obloqui. See Oblocutor.] 1.

Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on

men or their actions; blame; reprehension.

Shall names that made your city the glory of the earth be mentioned

with obloquy and detraction?

Addison.

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