obliquity

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French obliquité, from Latin oblīquitās, from oblīquus (“oblique”). Corresponding to oblique +‎ -ity. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˈblɪkwɪti/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈblɪkwɪti/, /oʊˈblɪkwɪti/ === 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.] Synonym: obliqueness (astronomy, by extension, of a planet) Axial tilt. Mental or moral deviation or perversity; immorality. [from 15th c.] Synonyms: degeneracy, depravity, perversion; see also Thesaurus:iniquity The quality of being obscure, oftentimes willfully, sometimes as an exercise in euphemism. [from 17th c.] Synonym: obscurity ==== Translations ====