OBLIQUITY

deceptiveness, obliquity

(noun) the quality of being deceptive

asynclitism, obliquity

(noun) the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

obliquity (countable and uncountable, plural obliquities)

The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation. [from 15th c.]

(astronomy, by extension, of a planet) Axial tilt.

Mental or moral deviation or perversity; immorality. [from 15th c.]

The quality of being obscure, oftentimes willfully, sometimes as an exercise in euphemism. [from 17th c.]

Synonyms

• (quality of being oblique): obliqueness

Source: Wiktionary

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Ob*liq"ui*ty, n.; pl. Obliquities. Etym: [L. obliquitas: cf. F. obliquité.]

1. The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.

2. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude. To disobey [God]...imports a moral obliquity. South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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