obliviality

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

oblivial +‎ -ity

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /əˌblɪ.viˈæ.lɪ.ti/

Noun[edit]

obliviality (uncountable)

  1. (nonce word) Liability to be forgotten.
    • 1899, E. F. Benson, Mammon and Co.:
      His face was one stamped with the quality of obliviality; to see him once was to insure forgetting him at least twice. But at the “Geegee” parties he was made tidy, which he usually was not, and put in prominent places.

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