What is inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism] At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight. Dryden. -- Ob*scene"ly, adv. -- Ob*scene"ness, n called?

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obscene — Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism] At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight. Dryden. -- Ob*scene"ly, adv. -- Ob*scene"ness, n. (Webster's 1913.)

What is inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism] At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight. Dryden. -- Obscene"ly, adv. -- Obscene"ness, n called?

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