From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!zeppo!mmc Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: an obnoxious observation about prefi - (nf) Article-I.D.: zeppo.442 Posted: Tue Jan 4 10:16:01 1983 Received: Wed Jan 5 01:19:29 1983 #R:csu-cs:-195600:zeppo:10200001:000:266 zeppo!mmc Jan 4 10:12:00 1983 The prefix 'ob' means 'against' (in a directional sense, as well as figuratively), 'toward', 'in the way of', 'on account of', etc. Thus, obloquy = speech against obdurate = hardened against obnoxious = harmful to object (v.) = throw in the way of [some notion]