/ əbˈskjʊərəti; NAmE -ˈskjʊr-/ noun ( pl. -ies )
1.
[ U ] the state in which sb/sth is not well known or has been forgotten :
The actress was only 17 when she was plucked from obscurity and made a star.
He spent most of his life working in obscurity.
2.
[ U , C , usually pl. ] the quality of being difficult to understand; something that is difficult to understand :
The course teaches students to avoid ambiguity and obscurity of expression.
a speech full of obscurities
3.
[ U ] ( literary ) the state of being dark; darkness
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from Old French obscurite , from Latin obscuritas , from obscurus dark.