oblivion

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English oblivion, from Anglo-Norman oblivion, from Latin oblīviō (“forgetfulness”), from oblīvīscor (“to forget”). === Pronunciation === enPR: əblĭvʹēən, IPA(key): /əˈblɪviːən/ === Noun === oblivion (usually uncountable, plural oblivions) The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead. The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland. A form of purgatory. (obsolete) Amnesty. ==== Synonyms ==== forgetness ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== obliteration === Verb === oblivion (third-person singular simple present oblivions, present participle oblivioning, simple past and past participle oblivioned) (transitive) To consign to oblivion; to efface utterly. === Further reading === “oblivion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “oblivion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “oblivion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === oblivioun, oblyvyon, oblyvyone, oblyvyoun === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman oblivion, from Latin oblīviō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔbˈliviun/, /ɔbˈliːviun/ === Noun === oblivion (uncountable) (Late Middle English) oblivion (state of forgetting completely) oblivion (state of being forgotten) ==== Related terms ==== oblivious ==== Descendants ==== English: oblivion ==== References ==== “oblī̆viǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin oblīviō. === Noun === oblivion oblique singular, f (oblique plural oblivions, nominative singular oblivion, nominative plural oblivions) forgetfulness ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: oblivion, oblivioun, oblyvyon, oblyvyone, oblyvyounEnglish: oblivion === References === oblivion on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub