Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OB-LIQ'UI-TY
OB-LIQ'UI-TY, n. [L. obliquitas; Fr. obliquité.]
- Deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.
- Deviation from moral rectitude. To disobey God or oppose his will in any thing imports a moral obliquity. South.
- Irregularity; deviation from ordinary rules.
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