Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Obscurity \Ob*scu"ri*ty\, n. [L. obscuritas: cf. F.
   obscurit['e].]
   The quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy;
   inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty.

         Yuo are not for obscurity designed.      --Dryden.

         They were now brought forth from obscurity, to be
         contemplated by artists with admiration and despair.
                                                  --Macaulay.

   Syn: {Darkness}; dimness; gloom. See {Darkness}.

Source : WordNet®

obscurity
     n 1: the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to
          understand [syn: {obscureness}, {abstruseness}, {reconditeness}]
          [ant: {clarity}]
     2: an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known; "he
        worked in obscurity for many years" [ant: {prominence}]
     3: the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of
        adequate illumination [syn: {obscureness}]