Oʹbermann.

The impersonation of high moral worth without talent, and the tortures endured by the consciousness of this defect. (Étienne Pivert de Seʹnancour: Obermann.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Oars
Oasis
Oath
Oaths
Oats
Ob. and Sol
Obadiah
Obambou
Obelisk
Obelus
Obermann
Oberon
Oberthal (Count)
Obidah
Obidicut
Oblism
Obiter dictum (Latin)
Object
Obolus
Obsequies
Obstacle Race (An)