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apricity

/əˈpɹɪsɪti/

apricity noun: the light or warmth of the Sun.

Noun

apricity (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The light or warmth of the Sun.
    • Apricity, the warmenes of the Sunne in Winter."1626, H. C. Gent, The English Dictionarie, London: Isaac Iaggard
    • APRICITY [Apricitas, L.] Warmth in the Sun, Sun-ſhine. L."1749, Nathan Bailey, An universal etymological English dictionary, London

apricity meaning in Tamil and Bengali

apricity in Tamil

குளிர்கால வெயில்

apricity in Bengali

উষ্ণতা

Origin of apricity

From the Latin aprīcitās, noun of quality from aprīcus (“warmed by the sun”).

Questions about apricity

What does apricity mean?
Apricity means the light or warmth of the Sun.
What is apricity in Tamil?
Apricity in Tamil is குளிர்கால வெயில். See Apricity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is apricity?
Apricity is a noun.
How do you pronounce apricity?
Apricity is pronounced /əˈpɹɪsɪti/.

Words near apricity in the dictionary

  1. apricates
  2. apricating
  3. aprication
  4. apricious
  5. apricitabine
  6. apricity
  7. aprickle
  8. apricock
  9. apricocke
  10. apricockes
  11. apricocks

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: apricity (page history and authors); apricity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apricity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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