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durity

durity noun: hardness; firmness.

Noun

durity

  1. (obsolete) hardness; firmness
    • it cometh short of their compactness and durity; and, therefore, requireth not the emery, as the saphire, granite, and topaz, but will receive impression from steel, in a manner like the turquoise.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) harshness; cruelty
    • […]surrendred to the said John by the said William by durity and menaces1689, Richard Braithwaite, Remembrances of Methods, Orders, and Proceedings […] in the House of Lords

Origin of durity

From Latin duritas, from durus (“hard”).

Questions about durity

What does durity mean?
Durity means hardness; firmness.
What part of speech is durity?
Durity is a noun.

Words near durity in the dictionary

  1. Duripes
  2. durisol
  3. durisols
  4. durito
  5. duritos
  6. durity
  7. durixeroll
  8. durixerollic
  9. durixerolls
  10. durka durka
  11. Durkee

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