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Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom, authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism. They have something venerable and oracular in that unadorned gravity and shortness in the expression. Pope. -- O*rac"u*lar*ly, adv. -- O*rac"u*lar*ness, n.

Improper; unusual; wrong. -- Out of the woods, not in a place, or state, of obscurity or doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. [Colloq.] -- Out to out, from one extreme limit to another, including the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to measurements. -- Out West, in or towards, the West; specifi…

down. [R.] His apprehensions of being outlaughed will force him to continue in a restless obscurity. Franklin.

Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb. "A proverbial obscurity." Sir T. Browne.

Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.

Made by one's self. Self-made man, a man who has risen from poverty or obscurity by means of his own talentss or energies.

To cause to retire or withdraw into obscurity; to seclude; to withdraw; -- often used reflexively. When men most sequester themselves from action. Hooker. A love and desire to sequester a man's self for a higher conversation. Bacon.

Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.

Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.

Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [Obs.]

iver. Prov. vii. 23. Now and then a glittering beam of wit or passion strikes through the obscurity of the poem. Dryden.

Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage. Where highest woods, impenetrable To star or sunlight, spread their umbrage broad. Milton.

To free from clouds; to unvail; to clear from obscurity, gloom, sorrow, or the like. Beau. & Fl.

The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface. Chaucer.

reflected on in gross and transiently . . . are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable obscurity. Locke.