~ OBFUSCATE  TO OBSCURE or DARKEN or BLACKEN
^u           from lat OB FUSCATIO
                         FUSCUS = DARK
     ply> |  a prefix OB is an OB STACLE
             OB STRUCTING the true STRUCTURE
             of the ideas in the word |
             id+ DECREASE CONSCIOUSNESS   sug> ZEAL
~ OBLIVION   TO FORGET or INDIFFERENCE    sug> DEATH
             id+ | RUB OUT OF MEMORY into OBLIVION |
  consider   OB LIVION as OB LIVID the DEADLY PALLOR
  ply> | a prefix OB is an OB STACLE
         OB STRUCTING the true STRUCTURE
         of the ideas in the word |
  lat    OBLIVIO   = FORGETTING or SLIP FROM MEMORY
  myth>            A GODDESS OF FORGETFULNESS
         OBLINERE    EFFACE or RUB OUT
         OBLISUS     PRESSED DOWN
         OBLIMO      COVER WITH MUD
         OBLINIO     TO SMEAR         sug> OBLITERATE
         OBLINO      TO DEFAME  SULLY  INFAMY
         OBLITUS     LOST  FORGOTTEN
           LINERE    TO RUB
           LIMUS     MUD
  ukr     SLUNA      SALIVA
          SLYMAK     SNAIL             sug> SLIME
          SLYSKO     SLIPPERY          sug> SLIP
  Dutch   SLIJK      MUD               sug> SLUT
  ukr      LIPY      STICK  GLUE       sug> SLEET
  lit+ "AMONG OUR CRIMES OBLIVION MUST BE NOTED"
        attr to DRYDEN [#]
  ply> | OBLIVION REFLECTS LACK OF A DIVINE POET
         BECAUSE MOST HEROES ARISE FROM
  FRIENDS WHO SING PRAISES or       sug> PROPAGATE
  POETS WHO DELAY OBLIVION WITH     sug> MORATORIUM
  THE BEAUTY OF POETRY |            sug> IMMORTAL
  ply> | DEFAMATION IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE
         SMEARING TO MIRE A REPUTATION OR
  OBLITERATE FAME MAY ALSO BRING OBLIVION |