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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

obscurity

/(ŏb*skū"rĭ*ty̆)/ · ob·scu·ri·ty · IPA /əbˈskjʊɹɪti/
01 n. The quality or state of being obscure.
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being obscure.
    “You are not for obscurity designed.” — Dryden.
    “They were now brought forth from obscurity, to be contemplated by artists with admiration and despair.” — Macaulay.
Syn. darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty. — Syn. -- Darkness; dimness; gloom. See Darkness.