obliquity.
The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation.
Meaning & usage
The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation.
Axial tilt.
Mental or moral deviation or perversity; immorality.
The quality of being obscure, oftentimes willfully, sometimes as an exercise in euphemism.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French obliquité, from Latin oblīquitās, from oblīquus (“oblique”). Corresponding to oblique + -ity.
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