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calidities

calidities is the plural of calidity.

Meaning of calidity

Noun

calidity (usually uncountable, plural calidities)

  1. (obsolete, usually) Heat.
    • 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, […]1608, Edward Topsell, “Of the Cockatrice”, in The Historie of Serpents. Or, The Second Booke of Liuing Creatures: […], London: […] William Jaggard, →OCLC, page 124

Questions about calidities

What is calidities the plural of?
Calidities is the plural of calidity.

Words near calidities in the dictionary

  1. Calicut
  2. calid
  3. calidaria
  4. calidarium
  5. calidariums
  6. calidities
  7. calidity
  8. calidrid
  9. calidrids
  10. caliduct
  11. caliducts

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