Oblivious

  • 1Oblivious — Single par Kalafina extrait de l’album Seventh Heaven Face A Oblivious Face B Kimi ga Hikari ni Kaete Iku Sortie 23 janvier 2008 …

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  • 2Oblivious — 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;… …

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  • 3oblivious — 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,… …

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  • 4oblivious — I adjective absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, blank, careless, distracted, dreamy, faraway, forgetful, heedless, immemor, inattentive, inconsiderate, indifferent, insensible, mindless, neglectful, negligent, obliviosus, overlooking,… …

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  • 5oblivious — (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… …

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  • 6oblivious — *forgetful, unmindful Analogous words: disregarding, ignoring, forgetting, neglecting, overlooking (see NEGLECT vb) Contrasted words: *aware, conscious, cognizant: *thoughtful, attentive, considerate: alert, vigilant, *watchful …

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  • 7oblivious — [adj] unaware, ignorant absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, amnesic, blind*, blundering, careless, deaf*, disregardful, distracted, dreamy, forgetful, forgetting, gone, heedless, inattentive, incognizant, inconversant, insensible,… …

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  • 8oblivious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not aware of what is happening around one. DERIVATIVES obliviously adverb obliviousness noun …

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  • 9oblivious — [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 …

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  • 10Oblivious — This article is about a game show. For the state of being unaware, see Oblivion (disambiguation). Oblivious Format Prank show Created by mast media Starring …

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