- oblivious
- adjective Date: 15th century 1. lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention 2. lacking active conscious knowledge or awareness — usually used with of or to • obliviously adverb • obliviousness noun
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Oblivious — Single par Kalafina extrait de l’album Seventh Heaven Face A Oblivious Face B Kimi ga Hikari ni Kaete Iku Sortie 23 janvier 2008 … Wikipédia en Français
Oblivious — Ob*liv i*ous, a. [L. obliviosus: cf. F. oblivieux.] [1913 Webster] 1. Promoting oblivion; causing forgetfulness. The oblivious pool. Milton. [1913 Webster] She lay in deep, oblivious slumber. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] 2. Evincing oblivion;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
oblivious — The historical meaning of oblivious is ‘forgetful, unmindful’, followed by of: • Never before…has a great painter been completely oblivious of the style, or styles, of his time Kenneth Clark, 1949. This meaning survives, but another meaning,… … Modern English usage
oblivious — I adjective absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, blank, careless, distracted, dreamy, faraway, forgetful, heedless, immemor, inattentive, inconsiderate, indifferent, insensible, mindless, neglectful, negligent, obliviosus, overlooking,… … Law dictionary
oblivious — (adj.) mid 15c., from L. obliviosus forgetful, producing forgetfulness, from oblivionem (see OBLIVION (Cf. oblivion)). Meaning unaware, unconscious (of something) is from 1862, formerly regarded as erroneous, this is now the general meaning and… … Etymology dictionary
oblivious — *forgetful, unmindful Analogous words: disregarding, ignoring, forgetting, neglecting, overlooking (see NEGLECT vb) Contrasted words: *aware, conscious, cognizant: *thoughtful, attentive, considerate: alert, vigilant, *watchful … New Dictionary of Synonyms
oblivious — [adj] unaware, ignorant absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, amnesic, blind*, blundering, careless, deaf*, disregardful, distracted, dreamy, forgetful, forgetting, gone, heedless, inattentive, incognizant, inconversant, insensible,… … New thesaurus
oblivious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not aware of what is happening around one. DERIVATIVES obliviously adverb obliviousness noun … English terms dictionary
oblivious — [ə bliv′ē əs] adj. [ME obliuyous < L obliviosus < oblivio; see OBLIVION] 1. a) forgetful: usually with of b) unaware or indifferent: usually with of or, esp., to 2. causing forgetfulness obliviously adv. obliviousness … English World dictionary
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oblivious — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, seem ▪ Karen appeared oblivious to the uproar. ▪ become ▪ remain ▪ … Collocations dictionary
