oblite

English edit

Etymology edit

Latin oblitus, past participle of oblinere (“to besmear”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /əˈblaɪt/

Adjective edit

oblite (comparative more oblite, superlative most oblite)

(obsolete) Indistinct; slurred over.
- 1650, Thomas Fuller, “The Tribe of Asher”, in A Pisgah-sight of Palestine and the Confines thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament Acted thereon, London: […] J. F. for John Williams […], →OCLC, book II, paragraph 21, page 132:
  Surely the vvater of them [Solomon's Cisterns] is more clear then the is place alledged out of the Canticles [Song of Songs 4:15] to prove Solomon the Authour thereof, vvhere but obſcure and oblite mention is made of thoſe vvater-vvorks.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “oblite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams edit

Beloit, betoil, biolet, boleti

Latin edit

Participle edit

oblīte

vocative masculine singular of oblītus