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annosity

UK/əˈnəʊsɪtɪ/

annosity noun: fullness of years; great length of life; agedness; lengthiness of life span.

Noun

annosity (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Fullness of years; great length of life; agedness; lengthiness of life span.
    • Robert Parr…the wonder of our times for annosity and long life.1654, Hamon L’Estrange, The Reign of King Charles, an History faithfully and impartially delivered and disposed into Annals, page 136
    • […] the guardian of this columbarium — he missed that one — is plainly not a pedant at all. He just has a quirky love of words. Johnson wishes him annosity of his […]1994, The Economist, volume 332, numbers 7879-7882, page 84

Origin of annosity

From the Latin annōsitās (“fullness of years”).

Questions about annosity

What does annosity mean?
Annosity means fullness of years; great length of life; agedness; lengthiness of life span.
What part of speech is annosity?
Annosity is a noun.
How do you pronounce annosity?
Annosity is pronounced /əˈnəʊsɪtɪ/ (UK).

Words near annosity in the dictionary

  1. annonacin
  2. annonacinone
  3. annonaine
  4. annonas
  5. annonin
  6. annosity
  7. annot.
  8. annotatable
  9. annotate
  10. annotated
  11. annotated bibliographies

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