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docity

docity noun: docility; quickness of comprehension.

Noun

docity (uncountable)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) Docility; quickness of comprehension.
    • Very well Sirrah, they dy’d in an honourable Calling—but hark’y’ Rag———I have Buſineſs———very earneſt Buſineſs abroad this Evening, now were you a Raſcal of Docity, you wou’d invent a way———to get home my laſt Suit that was laid in Lavender———with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging, as Perriwig...1686 (first performance), A[phra] Behn, The Luckey Chance, or An Alderman’s Bargain. A Comedy. […], London: […] R. H[olt], for W. Canning, […], published 1687, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 16
    • Docity. Docility, quick comprehenſion. Glouc[estershire].[1787, Francis Grose, “Docity”, in A Provincial Glossary, with a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular Superstitions, London: S[amuel] Hooper, […], →OCLC, signature D4, recto

Origin of docity

Origin doubtful; supposed to be an alteration of docility. Possibly from doc-, the stem of Latin doceō (“I teach”) + -ity.

Questions about docity

What does docity mean?
Docity means docility; quickness of comprehension.
What part of speech is docity?
Docity is a noun.

Words near docity in the dictionary

  1. Docimia
  2. Docimium
  3. Docimo
  4. docimology
  5. docious
  6. docity
  7. Dociu
  8. dock
  9. dock connector
  10. dock connectors
  11. dock door

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