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calidity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ca-lid-i-ty
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Heat.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

  • "The queſtion is in vvhat part of this Serpent the poyſon doth lye; Some ſay in the head alone, and that therefore the Bazeliske is deafe, bycauſe the Ayre vvhich ſerueth the Organe of hearing, is reſolued by the intenſiue calidity: but this ſeemeth not to bee true, […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caliditās, whence the Italian calidità. Compare calid.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

calidities (plural)

Questions

What does calidity mean?
Heat.
Where does calidity come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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